That’s the thing about this trend with movies based around telling the story of these milestone products: We either get a movie that should just cut the middle man and be a documentary (“Air”), or we get something so completely sensationalized/fabricated that it’s not even really worth watching anymore (“Flamin’ Hot”). With director Jon S. Baird’s “Tetris” I tuned in to see a movie about the creation and acquisition of the iconic video game. Instead what I got was a pretty vanilla espionage thriller about the KGB, spies, terrorists, politics, and warring companies fighting over contracts and whatnot. Exciting…
Tag Archives: Drama
You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah (2023)
I imagine one day one of Adam Sandler’s daughters was having a birthday, and they mentioned something about wanting to be in the movies. Seeing as how Sandler is that kind of guy, he cracked and gave his daughters their very own movie. I’m assuming he also promised them a career too, like the Apatows. It’s sad that in a year where we were given “Are You There God? It’s Me Margaret.,” Sandler offers up his own version of the coming of age teen tale, except with major discrepancies.
“Are you There God? It’s Me Margaret.” was about a lower middle class teen girl trying to find her place in the world. “You Are So Not Invited…” is about an affluent upper class teen trying to—create the perfect bat mitzvah. Because heaven forbid she goes to high school with less than four friends.
Borsalino (1970) [Arrow Limited Edition Rerelease]
Marseilles, 1930, when two crooks meet up, they develop dreams of gangster grandeur.
Polar Rescue (aka Come Back Home) (2022) [Big Bad Film Fest 2023]
Birdie (2023)
A woman attempting to balance her life as a mother and working full-time while missing her LA and artist life, memories are released when a friend comes to town to shoot on location.
Failure! (2023) [FrightFest 2023]
A man is given one hour to make a difficult decision: Financial ruin or protect his family by killing someone.
ShadowMarsh (2022)
Having to move back to their small hometown, Piper and her uncle Jacob go back to where memories of her mother await them as well as a mystery around the marsh nearby and its evil being.