PORNO (2020)
“The cock carnage and ball batterment was top-notch”
Read MoreTHE MAN WHO FEELS NO PAIN (2019)
“a martial arts superhero-type adventure, via Indian sensibilities and culture smashed with a flamboyant American aesthetic”
Read MoreYES, GOD, YES (2020)
“isn’t a bad film, just surprisingly slow and unfunny”
Read MoreBORAT SUBSEQUENT MOVIE FILM (2020)
“the luster and novelty of Borat has diminished”
Read MoreSONIC THE HEDGEHOG (2020)
“If only this Sonic movie could have raced a little faster to the finish”
Read MoreHARPOON (2019)
“whole thing is wildly “WTF?!”, but conceptually it was vaguely interesting”
Read MoreA SERIAL KILLER'S GUIDE TO LIFE (2020)
“helma and Louise by way of Fight Club, with the lightest dusting of a God Save America sprinkled on top.”
Read MoreBIT (2020)
‘Female empowered vampires that keeps the genre fresh and femme”
Read MoreWHY DON'T YOU JUST DIE! (2020)
“ballsy violent expressionism”
Read MoreFEELS GOOD MAN (2020)
“the symbiosis of ideas and the Internet”
Read MoreGET DUKED (2020)
“a comedy without the funny is a fail”
Read MoreONE MUST FALL (2018)
“Supposedly a horror comedy, but it lacked being either”
Read MoreFAMILY (2019)
“…about the juggalo spirit; love and acceptance no matter how weird you are, especially when you are abrasive to the norm.”
Read MorePALM SPRINGS (2020)
“Dinosaurs. Missing teeth. Cake explosives. Yes please.”
Read MoreGUNS AKIMBO (2020)
“ballad-filled ballets of slow motion blood and action-porn cosplay reveled in the needless orgy of murder”
Read MoreBUFFALOED (2020)
“fast talking mostly enjoyable vehicle for Zoey Deutsch”
Read MoreNEKROTRONIC (2019)
“Dumb geeky teen kind of excitement, but fun”
Read MoreTHE GENTLEMEN (2019)
“It completely feels like a film that would have killed in 1999”
Read MoreSAINT FRANCES (2020)
“charming without being cloying and extremely identifiable”
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TRUE HISTORY OF THE KELLY GANG (2020) & A GUIDE TO SECOND DATE SEX (2019)
5/6/20 - TRUE HISTORY OF THE KELLY GANG (2020) - 6+/10
Manic and poetic, narratively and visually. It is punk, it is hard steel with a soft lacy dress underneath, it is a rebellion against truth and lies and form and fashion - it carves its own weathered path through the rock of myth. It asks for no quarter and begs for no virtuous admiration. It is, bleak and severe as the embittered progeny of an inhospitable land.
The spotlight night travels were enchanting. The dps work was quite good. As was the acting from a smorgasbord of kind and quality. McKay solidified his passion filled physicality and determined acting prowess. He is a star on the come up.Yes, this isn’t a “true” account, but it is a wickedly alternative twist on a legend, and it popped in a delightful way for me.
5/12/20 - A GUIDE TO SECOND DATE SEX (2019) - 3+/4-/10
A pretty generic romcom setup that struggles to get out of the gate. Eventually it hooks into a serviceable, if not pretty charming groove, but even at its height it still has some grating elements and can’t get out of its own way. I wanted to like this, seeing as how I like the actors and I thought the premise was cute, but it managed to have too many cringe worthy social situations, too many dickhead characters, it lacked in making an emotional connection for the majority, and it punched down instead of up where it could have swung.
The best parts of this film are pretty amiable, but they kept getting trumped by overwrought plotting or poor screenplay decisions/characters. It’s like it wanted to be more “teen ready” when it would have benefited from trying to appeal to an older audience. I didn’t hate the viewing, but it steered away from the path up the road to the shining hill and decided to drift off into cheesy stripmall nothingness.