#79 – Before I Go To Sleep

The first 2/3 of this movie are so booooooooring!  The final act picks up the stakes and there’s actually finally something happening but by that time my investment in the characters and the story had already left.  A fine performance by Nicole Kidman but in a movie so boring it gets lost. Recommend? I wouldn’t…

#98 – Mistaken For Strangers

I can confidently say that there is no band like The National and on the same note I can confidently say that I have never seen a music documentary like “Mistaken For Strangers“.  Part mockumentary, part autobiography, part musical performance, there are so many pieces to this movie that all fall together to make a…

#17 – Automata

From the story to the acting to the scenery, everything is just so dull.  The robots themselves and some of the CGI is interesting enough but everything else just is boring.  There are darks and lights and pretty much nothing in between…oh and the acting.  Antonio Banderas is alright but Dylan McDermott and Melanie Griffith don’t…

#96 – Interstellar

The science of “Interstellar” is daunting and I can absolutely see it taking away from the overall enjoyment of the film.  If your head is hurting from wormholes, relativity, black holes and interstellar travel, believe me you’re not the only one.  The science and the movie’s obsession with it is one of the biggest problems…

#76 – The Scribbler

A movie that tries to be too smart for it’s own good.  Overly dark and overly acted, there are so many unnecessary characters and plot lines that by the end you know there’s no way to wrap anything up logically so, we’ll just go with the illogical and some cool effects. Recommend? Don’t even waste…

#47 – The Judge

I was surprised by how much I liked this movie.  It looked somewhat uninteresting from the trailers but Robert Downey Jr. put in a really good performance and Robert Duvall once again shows just how much skill he can bring to any role.  The acting raises a pretty standard script to a higher level but…

Mad Max: Fury Road

There’s no movie coming out this summer that I’m more excited about than Mad Max: Fury Road.  Take George Miller, add some Tom Hardy and Charlize Theron and mix back together the post-apocalyptic world that Miller first created in his visionary trilogy and I’ll order it every time…color me excited!     This movie looks…

#33 – Joe

There’s something you need to know about “Joe” before going in: Nicolas Cage is really good in this movie.  Maybe not what you’d expect from his recent performances but in “Joe” he tones down his usual overacting tendencies and gives a great reserved and understated performance as the mentor to an increasingly better Tye Sheridan.…

Hidden Gems – Horror

So a little confession: I spend a lot of time on Netflix. The obvious first reason is because I love movies and Netflix is the obvious place to go to find those, but the second reason is because after all of the popular and widely released fare there are so many movies that never get…