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Reality Bites: 30th Anniversary

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Reality Bites: 30th Anniversary- Smells Like Twentysomething Spirit Quick Take: This had audio description on Netflix, and was also in an anniversary year. However, it was also my first time through this, and I am not quite the right generation for this. In 1994, those who were graduating, or having just graduated high school could relate to the message, and I was busy really focused on accessible kids films. 1994 was fun for being a kid, as Disney’s output not just included The Lion King, but also live action gems like Iron Will and Angels In The Outfield. This was … Continue reading Reality Bites: 30th Anniversary

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Win A Date With Tad Hamilton: 20th Anniversary

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Win A Date With Tad Hamilton: 20th Anniversary- We Deserve This. Quick Take: A movie that hasn’t aged well. While the premise of a young woman from a small town getting the opportunity to date a matinee idol seems like a charmer, the movie is more about her eventually realizing her boss, who even tries to exude his influence on her to thwart her chances with Tad Hamilton, is the guy for her. yes, they were friends presumably before he got promoted, but this feels icky. You’ll want Kate Bosworth to choose herself. Netflix had it with audio description though. … Continue reading Win A Date With Tad Hamilton: 20th Anniversary

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Do The Right Thing: 35th Anniversary

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Do The Right Thing: 35th Anniversary- The Original Spike Lee Joint Quick Take: While not Spike Lee’s directorial debut, it does feel like his arrival. Lee fans will always remember what came before, but this was lee making his typical statement and socially conscious movie and getting Oscar recognition. Many feel this is still his best work, and they are justified in feeling that. it is hard to watch this movie today, and think of how violence plagues us just like this today. the emotional resonance of this film, and a real life event like George Flloyd’s murder cannot be … Continue reading Do The Right Thing: 35th Anniversary

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Election: 25th Anniversary

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Election: 25th Anniversary- A Timely Look Back On High School Politics Quick Take: Election didn’t work for me when I was 16. It came out when I was being bombarded by teen movies in 1999. It wasn’t until later, when I realized how good Alexander Payne was, that I revisited it, and understood all the nuance. It works more as an adult, and revisiting it this year with audio description was fun. I think because of Tracy Fleck, the movie has held the test of time thus far, and people still are exploring Alexander Payne’s body of work. For more, … Continue reading Election: 25th Anniversary

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Boy Kills World

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Boy Kills World- A Bloody Good Time Bill Skarsgard situated himself with three movies in 2024. One of them isn’t good. This is not that one. This is, thankfully, a bloody good time at the movies. The plot is fairly simple, following a lot of the same revenge laden films we’ve gotten since John Wick made everyone realize the importance of their pets, which now has taken on an almost comedic tone. Nobody, starring Bob Odenkirk, certainly started to lean the genre in that direction, but Boy Kills World goes full on graphic violence, while maintaining a very obvious tone … Continue reading Boy Kills World

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Didi

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Didi- Kids Actually Feel Like Kids In This Winning Indie Featuring Joan Chen While it has been a minute since I’ve viewed Focus Features Sundance acquisition, I’m aware this is being campaigned as a possible Supporting Actress bid for Joan Chen.Knowing that, I expected to be moved by her work, but the film really is just mostly about kids doing shenanigans, with a hint of that specific culture thrown in. Chen plays the Grandmother to our lead, an aspiring artist. The film really does belong to the main kid, and the silly things kids do, but Joan does have some … Continue reading Didi

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Lonely Planet

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Lonely Planet (Netflix)- Laura Dern Is Sucked Into The Netflix Paycheck Algorithm Laura Dern took the paycheck. She’s a great actress, an Oscar winner, so good for her to get one of the Netflix movies of the week reliant upon one or two big names. hell, Nicole Kidman anchored a movie and series for Netflix this year. So, why not Laura Dern? She even gets to have the much younger Liam Hemsworth as her co-star and love interest. However, considering this film still needs a plot, that is where we come up short. Dern plays an author who has come … Continue reading Lonely Planet

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Don’t Move

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Don’t Move (Netflix)- A Spooky Season Review San Raimi jumped on as producer to help boost the profile of this horror/thriller. I can see why, from the stance that there’s certainly something there, but at the same time, the film does constantly overplay its hand. The plot of the movie revolves around a woman who meets up with a guy who is actually a serial killer, and he kidnaps her, with plans to do what I’m sure he’s done a dozen times before. He has injected her with a paralytic, but before the paralytic takes full effect, our final girl … Continue reading Don’t Move

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Carved

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Carved (Hulu)- A Spooky Season Review I would not be surprised at all if the VFX didn’t live up to the expectations of sighted audiences. Luckily for Carved, you can have Asylum level VFX, and I’d have no idea, but I can just assume this production didn’t have the highest of budgets. that’s not to say you need a large budget, and for something like Carved, it would be hard to play broadly. Carved is a horror comedy about a mutated pumpkin that reaches its breaking point, coming alive, and murdering all those who dare to carve a pumpkin on … Continue reading Carved

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Woman Of The Hour

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Woman Of The Hour- A Spooky Season Review? As someone who can see the FYC campaigns coming my way, it dos make me wonder where Netflix is with Anna Kendrick’s directorial debut. This is something that should be in the mix, and very much has opportunities to be honored at least by various critics groups. Certainly, Anna Kendrick for a first time feature category seems like a strong contender. But, Netflix is leaning hard on Emilia Perez, The Piano Lesson, and Maria.In comparison, I’ve received FYC campaigns for everything from Sonic The Hedgehog 3, Horizon: Chapter One, to the maligned … Continue reading Woman Of The Hour

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The Last Breath

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The Last Breath- A Spooky Season Review Shark movie. It’s a shark movie. It’s not really even worth much consideration, but it does happen to be the final film featuring the late Julian Sands.It is actually an unfortunate film, since they clearly shot it not knowing, so his character is allowed to make awful life choices, and no one will remember this film. I always think about these random movies and the often thankless audio description made for them. Congrats on getting the gig, but it’s for a film most won’t like, and will fade away due to lack of … Continue reading The Last Breath

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Caddo Lake

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Caddo Lake- A Spooky Season Review M. Night Shyamalan rarely jumps on board as a producer, but when a directorial team he worked with on his Apple Plus show Servant has a great idea, the man jumps. I’ll be honest, you are in November, checking out a review of a film from October. I’m sure you’ve already seen this, but if you haven’t, it really does have this interesting twist which suffices as all the reason in the world that Shyamalan would want to produce. I actually watched this twice, because when the movie starts to shift, it is such … Continue reading Caddo Lake

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Bagman

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Bagman- A Spooky Season Review Sam Claflin has had a weird career. It seemed like he would be positioned as one of the next big things, after landing a kush role in Catching Fire, which led to the sleeper romance hit Me Before you, but ever since he’s been on a Sam Worthington train to nowhere, with his latest film I’m not even sure getting a theatrical release from lionsgate. And I didn’t even hate this movie. They just had no faith in it. bagman means you have to accept this lore that somewhere out there is a boogeyman type … Continue reading Bagman

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Strange Darling

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Strange Darling- A Spooky Season Review It is actually funny how I’ve seen a few films this year that I adored the twists to, and I want to encourage you to experience this movie cold. All you need to know, is this movie worked on me. I was aware of the film, and its contents going in, and I found it interesting that the person doing the most press for this was Giovanni Ribisi, who isn’t in the film, nor did he direct. He’s the cinematographer, and that’s something that is often really hard to appreciate in terms of audio … Continue reading Strange Darling

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Maxxxine

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Maxxxine- A Spooky Season Review Ti West has finished the trilogy we never knew we needed. Honestly, I’m not even sure need is the right word, though I’m aware people love Pearl and X a lot more than i do, with those same fans having been hopeful Mia Goth would get an Oscar nomination for Pearl. The Oscars almost never nominate horror films, and even some of the films that might loosely qualify are pretty tame. Sure, there were nominations for The Sixth Sense, including Toni Collette, but when the Oscars were faced with watching her saw her own head … Continue reading Maxxxine