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Tag: Film
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About 10 to 15 years ago I was using a particular app on my tablet to look up local movie times and locations. That app got bought up by Fandango. Bummer, but okay. So I switched over to Fandango. About 5 to 7 years ago I discovered that my local theater has their own special…
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“The Odyssey” (2026) continues Matt Damon’s ongoing career quest to get home. It took me a little while to get into this movie, but with a 3-hour run time, there’s time. It took a bit to get used to all the time jumps back and forth. I was getting close to asking if somebody got…
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“Supergirl” (2026) is a movie you put on whilst at the bar, after the game is over, but still not late enough for you to go home. “Not great, not terrible”, in case you find yourself nostalgic for the HBO Chernobyl miniseries. The only connection to that level of disaster in this movie is some…
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The film, “Masters of the Universe”, although 2 hours 13 minutes long, was decently well paced. It was a good mix of swords and spaceships, pastels and cell phones, 2026 and 1983. Be ready for guitar for music. There is a mid credit scene, and an end credit scene. To close out the movie, we…
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The film, “Backrooms” was actually pretty decent. Based on the creepypasta story series, this movie roots itself in themes of being stuck, as in being moribund. You are given a glimpse of the sharp blurry edge between acceptance and choosing to change, and what making the wrong choice will get you. I counted 2 jump…
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Superman (2025) was okay. This was the first time, at least in a long while, where they got lex luthor approximately correct. Bald, xenophobic, and laser focused on ending Superman. It was a little bit odd to have lex luthor back seat quarterbacking by calling out predetermined a tax sequences with quasi chess move alphanumeric…
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Conclave was an enjoyable film. The usual amount of political intrigue, with an unexpected twist at the end. Ralph Fiennes gave a good performance, as did Stanley Tucci who is again type cast as a bureaucrat. John Lithgow was made to look like Donald rumsfeld, which must have been on purpose given several other references…