I Love Boosters
★★★ Watched

fun visuals but lacks the storytelling of sorry to bother you.

The Big Heat
★★★★ Watched

intrigued by how the camera moved through the scenes rather than cut away. it seemed so stationary and then suddenly moved out of the way and around tables to keep up with characters. and the use of extras to fill out the world. seeing more policemen outside the office through the door window. seeing silhouettes of families eating dinner while glenn ford arrives home. it's these little details that flesh out the world.

i'm mainly familiar with ford as pa kent. what a thrill to see him young and busting heads.

Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu
★★ Watched

there are so many movies these days shot for the big screen and then go straight to streaming, but then there's this movie that's clearly the fourth season edited into a movie.

this is a movie that deserves to be seen in your living room. i'd be a lot more okay with this if it was split up into 6 weekly episodes.

Obsession
★★★★ Watched

does inde's face just contort like that naturally? anyone else just see charlie kirk whenever the main guy showed up?

Empire Records
★★½ Watched

angsty teen drama in a workplace where i guess anything goes. has this been made into a stage production?

Michael
★★ Watched

clearly rushed through this story. there's like 5 musical montages to move us through the eras. outside of his parents there's not a strong familial connection to michael. his siblings are basically background extras with maybe 2 lines each. 

moving through his life so swiftly, there's no time to connect with his history. it all stems from that childhood and it's such a short part of the movie. mo town not important enough to spend time with that era? cmon.…

Fearless
★★★½ Watched

kinda basic but this is why we wear those livestrong bracelets?

At the Earth's Core
★½ Watched

nice use of rear projection to play with scale, but creature effects are severely lacking. feels a couple decades late in being made.

Mortal Kombat II
★★★ Watched

huge step up from the last one and it's still just a generic popcorn movie with paper thin characters, but it knows what it is and doesn't shy from it. a decent soft reboot sequel.

Hokum
★★★ Watched

remember those prank videos where it's a normal video and then a monster jump scares