watching movies and things of the sort
Favorite films
Recent activity
AllRecent reviews
More-
Snow White 2025
This movie, to its credit, adds enough new material to (in theory) justify its own existence, very much feeling like a reimagining of the 1937 classic as opposed to a direct adaptation. The problem is that the bulk of the new material is milquetoast and derivative of the median YA fantasy novel, and references to the seminal animated film, in addition to being marked downgrades, are far from seamless, at times feeling like detours as opposed to a cohesive part…
Translated from by -
Popular reviews
More-
Borderlands 2024
This film is unique in that it’s more interesting a case study and product of Hollywood than it is an actual movie. What started as a reportedly stellar screenplay penned by the person who created 'Chernobyl' somehow, someway fell into the hands of a gaudy horror director, who subsequently made the strangest possible decision at every turn. There are elements here that, if handled with more care, could have resulted in a fun science-fiction film, but what we’re left with…
Translated from by -
Smile 2 2024
I thought Parker Finn showed immense promise as a director with Smile, but the story told in his debut was ultimately too familiar and derivative of better films in the genre. That’s why Smile 2 intrigued me—I was hoping that with a feature under his belt and a more conceptually inventive and interesting premise, Finn could more fully realize his potential as a filmmaker and craft a truly memorable horror flick as opposed to inoffensive pseudo-elevated jump scare fare with…
Translated from by
