THE GENERAL IDEA Here’s the thing about movie comedies in recent years. They’re not funny. Well, a precious few are certainly. But the vast majority are pandering, forced, uncreative lowest common denominator exercises in witless tripe. Makes you long for ...
Reviews encompassing a wide range of movies from Hollywood blockbusters to independent features.
Synopsis: The emergence of Apocalypse threatens the existence of the world and the X-Men must stop him before complete destruction ensues. This is the one big summer movie that seemed to have gotten lost in the shuffle. The anticipation for ...
Synopsis: Alice returns to Wonderland to change the fate of Mad Hatter and his family. Alice can look all she wants through that glass, but it still doesn’t change the fact that this film doesn’t accomplish much besides a bunch ...
Synopsis: Maggie’s plan to have a baby on her own is derailed when she falls in love with John, a married man, destroying his volatile marriage to the brilliant Georgette. (Imdb) “Maggie’s Plan” (Blu-ray/DVD on August 23) is a Greta Gerwig ...
THE GENERAL IDEA Four disgraced Catholic priests and a mysterious nun live together in a house situated in a remote seaside town. Each must atone for sins of the past. Collectively they comprise the “The Club”. And they don’t take ...
Synopsis: Shane Black (Iron Man 3) directs this police drama set in Los Angeles during the 1970s, and centering on a pair of detectives who stumble into a sprawling conspiracy while investigating the alleged suicide of a once-prominent female porn ...
https://youtu.be/j2ZEa97VRDU THE GENERAL IDEA I have found Australian cinema to be roundly satisfying, particularly as regards recent entries. However, I’d like to go back some four and a half decades if you’ll so indulge to discuss a film that even now delivers one helluva wallup. ...
Synopsis: A financial TV host is taken hostage by an angry investor that’s looking for answers. If you were hoping for a movie that blends financial corruption with a hostage thriller, then “Money Monster” is the movie for you. Director ...
Synopsis: An American woman takes a job overseas to be a nanny to a special boy, who she discovers is actually is a doll. Creepy doll movies are making a comeback. It all started with Chucky, and in recent years ...
Synopsis: The residents of an upscale high rise building revolt against each other as chaos ensues. Talk about movie disasters, “High-Rise” would be one of them. A promising cast including Tom Hiddleston, Sienna Miller, Jeremy Irons, and Luke Evans go ...
Synopsis: A famous rockers life is at a profession and personal crossroads as a former lover unexpectedly arrives with his daughter for a visit. So at least the movie has a significant amount of water to justify the title. It’s ...
Synopsis: Lady Susan Vernon takes up temporary residence at her in-laws’ estate and, while there, is determined to be a matchmaker for her daughter Frederica — and herself too, naturally. (Imdb) So I’ll admit it from the start, there may ...
