I’ve never been particularly fond of the bulk of the movies that make up James Wan’s Conjuring universe (The Conjuring (2013), The Conjuring 2 (2016), The Nun (2018), Annabelle (2014) and Dead Silence (2007, that latter as far as I’m aware isn’t actually connected though is directed by Wan) because he seems to care more […]
Chaka King’s Judas And The Black Messiah is the type of movie that I tend to avoid (because relatively early on I realized that I believed that what I was seeing wasn’t truth, but an interpretation of truth. In other words, an untruth (to call such depictions a “lie” is in most instances too mean-spirited […]
Fame (1980) Generally speaking, for me watching a musical is like going to the dentist: I just know at some point it’s going to hurt. I may not know when, or in some instances even how, but pain is pretty much a given. Which is why I tend to avoid musicals (and dentists), though in reference […]
““We’re The Millers” is an interesting film, though it’s harsh – almost to the point of being mean, and mean-spirited – at times.” “Meet The Millers” is about family – which is not to say that it’s a family film, because it isn’t. In fact, it initially appears almost anti-family (curiously, so does the movie poster). The […]
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