By: Henry J. Fromage – The theme of this week is 2019 releases that I held low expectations for which turned out to be surprisingly excellent. That and a brutal documentary. 129. The Sun is Also a Star The list of non-saccharine YA romance novel adaptations is quite short (pretty …
Read More »
By: Henry J. Fromage – Time to catch up on a range of yes, largely mediocre new releases. Thus far, 2019 hasn’t exactly rocked my socks off, but hope springs eternal. 123. Detective Pikachu This was a soulless, rushed, haphazard, derivative, unfunny (but rather good-looking) pile of shit. A pox …
Read More »
By: Henry J. Fromage – So, I did it- I finally got Netflix. I expect that not only the embarrassment of original films on the service, but several binged TV shows will show up here soon. 118. I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson Tim Robinson of (short-lived) SNL …
Read More »
By: Henry J. Fromage – This week I took some time to actually hit up theaters and get some new movies watched to honestly pretty good result- the good ones are arriving. 113. Long Day’s Journey Into Night With this film, young Chinese director Bi Gan stakes his claim as …
Read More »
By: Henry J. Fromage – I’ve finally properly joined the horde of the steaming, and between Amazon, Netflix, and HBO, there’s plenty to catch up on. 109. Guava Island I quite enjoyed this Donald Glover/Rihanna/Letitia Wright/Nonso Anozie/Hiro Mirai secret film/fable/music video shot in Cuba on the down low. It’s short …
Read More »
By: Henry J. Fromage – This week, for the first time in three years, my travel schedule aligned with the Wisconsin Film Festival, the first four flicks below being my bounty. 104. Escape Room The first wide-release film of 2019 that seemed worth a visit (January truly is a wasteland), …
Read More »
By: Henry J. Fromage – This week, for the first time in three years, my travel schedule aligned with the Wisconsin Film Festival, the first four flicks below being my bounty. 98. Shadow Zhang Yimou returns to opulently costumed and production designed period pieces with ample balletic action and blood-spurting …
Read More »
By: Henry J. Fromage – This week was another smorgasbord of random films and television sandwiched around a whole lot of real world work. Some good stuff, though. 93. The Beach Bum This is a real hard film to characterize, outside of perhaps saying that’s it’s almost exactly what you’d …
Read More »
By: Henry J. Fromage – You might notice a bit of a theme for this week’s film watching- yes, most of these are utterly terrible, but, for some, enjoyably so. All Hail Breen! 86. Trading Paint This is the boring kind of bad, I’m sad to report. The clearly nobody …
Read More »
By: Henry J. Fromage – As is often the case these days, there’s no real rhyme or reason to my viewing habits beyond long flights and lazy weekends grasping for rest. 79. Killing Eve The latest Emmy/Golden Globe TV darling doesn’t fare quite as well as the indeed marvelous Marvelous …
Read More »
MovieBoozer Movies Measured by the Pint!