reviews – Cliff’s Notes: Rotted & Relatable Reviews

BARBIE

An excellent summer blockbuster filled with gutbusting giggles and gobs and gobs of gratuitous girl power. Barbie isn’t for boys. I don’t know if anyone ever implicitly stated this to me as a child but it was as intrinsically understood as the earth being round and the sky being blue. While this is an egregiousContinue reading “BARBIE”

THE MENU

Cuisine is a weapon in this sharp as a butcher knife gourmet horror comedy. You know you’re in for it when Lord Voldemort is your host. In The Menu the audience and the unassuming patrons of Hawthorn, the finest of fine dining restaurants, are treated to a haute cuisine meal that’s every course is filledContinue reading “THE MENU”

MY TOP TEN SITCOMS

This is only my list not any type of “correct” list. If I left your favorites off I’d love to hear about it. This list only includes shows from 1980 forward as I wasn’t around to watch anything before that. What are your favorites? 10 – Herman’s Head I’m sure many of you are sayingContinue reading “MY TOP TEN SITCOMS”

FALL

An acrophobic adventure filled with silly thrills. I thought I only had one worst nightmare. Being stranded in shark infested water. Period. I couldn’t imagine anything more terrifying than that. Until today. Thanks a lot Fall. Now as easy as it is to avoid shark infested waters it is even easier to avoid the nightmareContinue reading “FALL”

KNOCK AT THE CABIN

Nothing new in this snoozy M. Night Shyamalacolypse. Are there any real M. Night Shyamalan fans left out there or are we all doing some form of hate watching at this point? Even when the twists are mildly entertaining, as is the case with Knock at the Cabin, they’re so on the nose and inelegantlyContinue reading “KNOCK AT THE CABIN”

SWARM

Bingeable Beyoncé satire is batshit crazy, brutal and beyond believable. First off, give me a full season that’s seven 35 minute episodes and I’m in. Easy peasy. Let’s do this. Give me one that’s created by Childish Gambino Donald Glover, features a fascinating and wonderfully strange lead performance and a wiggety wack, infinitely surprising premiseContinue reading “SWARM”

THROWBACK: Raising Arizona

Early Coen Brothers classic proves they had the knack from way back. The Coen brothers are the modern arbiter of the tall tale. Only rather than superhumans like Paul Bunyan or Johnny Appleseed the Coen’s have chosen petty criminals, assorted crooks, and small town cops as their protagonists to tell the story of today’s America.Continue reading “THROWBACK: Raising Arizona”

MY TOP TEN TV DRAMA SERIES

This is only my list not any type of “correct” list. If I left your favorites off the list I’d love to hear about it. I haven’t watched several of the series that top many online lists like The Sopranos or Breaking Bad or The Wire. You can see by my picks I’m pretty partialContinue reading “MY TOP TEN TV DRAMA SERIES”

THAT CHAPTER

Straightforward true crime analysis with just enough cheek. Interest in true crime content seems to have skyrocketed recently. It’s not surprising, murder cases are inherently compelling, filled with human drama, deception, twists and turns—all elements of a great story. YouTube is overrun with true crime content, so much so it can be hard to siftContinue reading “THAT CHAPTER”

THE UNBEARABLE WEIGHT OF MASSIVE TALENT

Nic Cage stars as Nic Cage in this overlooked comeback comedy. Not that he went anywhere. Nicolas Cage has become somewhat of a meme king and this film proves once and for all he is in on the joke. In this highly stylized, refreshingly original caper comedy Cage is at his pathological, self-parodying best. It’sContinue reading “THE UNBEARABLE WEIGHT OF MASSIVE TALENT”