Cursed Waters: Creatures of Lake Okanagan has a heavy title for a surprisingly sensitive documentary. I was completely unfamiliar with the production company Small Town Monsters, and had no preconceived notions as to what to expect from their work. Despite the lurid marketing materials and ominous opening, the narrative thread is more focused on separating tourism…

Holy crap, Mortal Kombat 2 did the thing! So, I enjoyed Mortal Kombat, when it was released during Covid to HBO max. H3 is not a big MK fan, so he was not as into the reboot as I was. At the time of its release, I thought it was a fun time. When we went to rewatch it so…

The original movie adaptation of Stephen King’s “The Running Man” was released in 1987. It wasn’t a huge box office or critical success. However, going on 20 years later and with the remake now in theaters, it felt like the best time for a rewatch.  The Plot The Running Man, the movie, tells the story…

I didn’t mean to watch Conan this week.  I was on a business trip to Indianapolis, and I couldn’t sleep. At 3am, I found the IFC channel playing Conan the Barbarian. Since it’s been a while since I’ve watched it and sleep wasn’t an option, I settled in. Pulp is hard to adapt authentically and a story as sprawling…

Sunshine is a beautiful movie, both visually and emotionally.  The dialogue is great. The stakes are high and the moral questions heavy, and both sides make sense. It’s not exactly a horror movie, but after H3 sat through 28 Days Later with me, he thought I might enjoy another Cillian Murphy/Danny Boyle collaboration. He was right (he usually is). Why…

Let me get this out of the way: I loved this movie. Fiction that subverts audience expectations and metafiction in particular appeals to me, although I find myself occasionally alone in my defense of some movies of this form