I first saw the trailer for the Netflix movie Brain on Fire as one of those pop up-type trailers when Netflix opens that start playing before you even select anything. Most of the time I don’t watch these but instead just scroll on down to whatever I’d been planning to watch. This time, I watched… Continue reading Netflix Film Brain on Fire is a Compelling Look at a Rare Ailment
I saw the first Thor movie in college because some friends I was with wanted to watch it on DVD. And I found it a fairly forgettable, standard superhero movie. I watched The Avengers a couple years later on DVD. Aware that everyone in the world pretty much loved it, I was expecting to as… Continue reading Why I Liked Thor: Ragnarok (Even Though I’m No Marvel Geek)
Basically, when you hear that a movie is Pixar, you know it’s good (we’ll forget about Cars 2 for a moment). Most of the time, Disney Pixar movies are pretty much always miles above any other animated film out there. So I had some pretty big expectations when we watched Coco the other day. Especially since… Continue reading Disney’s Coco Delivers on the Hype (Despite a Couple Mixed Messages)
I remember seeing a trailer some time ago for this light-ish looking drama starring Steve Carell and Bryan Cranston, Last Flag Flying. And I was surprised because the trailer looked fun and entertaining, despite being about war and death. When my husband and I saw that it had been added to Amazon Prime, we decided to… Continue reading Last Flag Flying Gives a Darkly Humorous but Poignant Look at War and Military Service
I tend not to get too terribly excited anymore when I see a new Netflix original movie or series that’s in the young adult genre, despite the fact that I love YA stuff in general. Netflix’s material in that vein has just been decidedly unimpressive. Between the filth of their “13 Reasons Why,” and the… Continue reading Netflix Original Film Candy Jar is a Refreshingly Decent Young Adult Film
I do admit I’m not one hundred per cent in love with its name, but The Big Sick is a pretty darn funny and worthwhile comedy film. I saw the trailer before it first came to theaters, and I thought this comedy about a cross-cultural love story complicated by disease looked at least fairly promising.… Continue reading The Big Sick is a Hilarious and Enjoyable Comedy
I have no fondness for horror. Like, sure, I watched “Stranger Things,” but I can’t really think of another horror film/show I’ve even watched — unless you count that crappy movie Disturbia with a young Shia LaBeouf (eek!). That’s about the extent of my horror viewing. It’s not that I so strongly dislike being scared.… Continue reading A Quiet Place is Going on My Favorite Films of All Time List
I’ve never made a secret of the fact that I can’t stand most “Faith-Based” or “Christian” movies. After years of feeling a little guilty that I found them almost unbearably cheesy and even kind of pretending that I thought they were okay, I finally heard my real feelings vocalized by some professional filmmakers who were… Continue reading The Case for Christ is Shockingly Not Bad
I’ve never read Madeleine L’Engle’s fantasy classic novel. And I only knew very vaguely what it was about, until I googled its plot before watching the movie. So, I’m not at all of the camp that is up in arms with this new film adaptation because it’s too “different” from the book. I went in… Continue reading A Wrinkle in Time is More Flash than Substance
After months of hearing nothing but praise for the new female-driven superhero movie Wonder Woman, it’s now out on DVD so I finally saw it. Needless to say, I went into it with pretty high hopes, given the massive praise I’d seen. My verdict: The praise was mostly well-founded. Mostly. Because it is quite good,… Continue reading Wonder Woman: Very Good (Though Perhaps Not Amazing)
