Alien: Covenant movie review: game over, man
A rote disappointment. There is nothing shocking or even mildly unexpected here. But there is an ironic weakening of the power of the xenomorphs to terrify.
Passengers
my picks for tonight’s 89th Academy Awards (the Oscars for 2016’s films)
Now updated with winners…
Monster Trucks movie review: what a car-tastrophe
What if “monster trucks” actually meant — wait for it — that there were monsters in the trucks? From an idea by a four-year-old (really), and it shows.
Collateral Beauty movie review: there is no beauty in this
Appalling and sadistic. How can anyone who is not a sociopath look at this horrible attempt at feel-good fantasy and say, “This is fine, this is healthy”?
Passengers movie review: lost in sexist space
After a few quick nods to the profoundly unethical act at its core, it shrugs it off and uses it as the basis for its fairy-tale romance. This is not okay.
trailer break: ‘Passengers’
Take a break from work: watch a movie trailer… Sony appears to be trying to bury this one with a limited release in the U.S. (it opens on 100 screens this Friday, and no word about any press screening in NYC, which, at this point, probably means there won’t be one), which is kinda weird. … more…
