Grim and Grimmer
If you’ve heard anything about The Brothers Grimsby, it’s probably that the movie has a joke in which Donald Trump contracts AIDS. Supposedly the...
Buried Child
If you’ve seen a few too many uninspired Holocaust dramas like I have, you might start to think that the subject is played out...
The Hop Cop
I must admit that for a Disney animated film about an adorable little bunny rabbit, Zootopia proved harder to shake off than I expected....
Unbreakable Kimmy Baker
I hate to keep harping on the subject of whitewashing, but Hollywood keeps shoving it back in my face. One of the major supporting...
Oscar’s Hidden Gold
I’m joining the Oscar boycott this year. It’s partly out of sympathy with #OscarsSoWhite, but it’s mostly because I don’t think any of the...
Bonus Film Review: The Mermaid
Big movies tend to come out in the Far East around Chinese New Year, and the recent festivities included the likes of Kung Fu...
Peek-a-Boo
Ladies and gentlemen, I’ve just run across the first genuinely Satanic movie of my life. Lots of horror flicks traffic in mere demonic trappings...
Not-So-Young Guns
Somewhat illogically, I think that Forsaken would have been better if it had been made 25 years ago with the same cast of actors....
Meta Man
With Deadpool, the Marvel Comics movies definitively burst into their decadent phase. Other superhero films (including some of Marvel’s) have riffed comically about the...
Happy Returns
At first, it was all good for 45 Years. After winning the Silver Bear (runner-up) prize at the prestigious Berlinale last year, this British...
