Classic Raimi. An undervalued office worker finds herself marooned on an island with her new, and belittling, boss. Can they reconcile their differences and survive? Send Help is the newest film from director Sam Raimi, creator of classics such as The Evil Dead and the Spider-Man trilogy. It stars Rachel McAdams (The Notebook, Spotlight) and…
Tag: comedy
Review: No Other Choice
Park Chan-wook you’ve done it again. A veteran worker at a paper factory has it all. A wife, two children, two dogs, two cars, his family home. But when it is all suddenly threatened, he sees no other choice but to take extreme measures to protect his family. Director Park Chan-wook is most familiar to…
Review: Eternity
This higher concept rom-com actually worked for me. Good job. Joan wakes up in the afterlife to find it a hotel where souls decide how to spend their eternal life. But it isn’t an easy decision to make; her lifelong husband is here, and her first husband who died in the war… and has been…
Review: Wake Up Dead Man – A Knives Out Mystery
The Knives Out anthology continues with excellence. A young, optimistic priest is the top murder suspect in a small rural town, after its aggressive head priest is found dead. Only detective Benoit Blanc can possibly solve this “locked room” mystery. Director Rian Johnson appears to have found his calling, alongside star Daniel Craig. The 2019…
Review: Good Fortune
Narratively busy, but quite a fun time. Arj is at the bottom of the employment ladder; barely holding his life together. Meanwhile, Gabriel the angel wants to fix Arj’s life before it gets any worse… with a solution involving Jeff, a born-to-riches millennial tech bro. Written, directed, and starring Aziz Ansari (Parks and Recreation) Good…
Review: One Battle After Another
A modern day classic, perhaps? The explosives expert in a modern revolutionary militia finds himself and his daughter hunted by American military police. One Battle After Another is directed by Paul Thomas Anderson. No, not the one who makes the symmetrical movies, nor the one who made the Resident Evil movies. This Anderson brought us…
Review: A Big Bold Beautiful Journey
That was quite underwhelming. Two lonely hearts at a wedding are brought together by a mysterious car rental agency. Together they go through a life-affirming journey and perhaps see different sides of themselves. Directed by Kogonada, and starring Margot Robbie and Colin Farrell, the film makes us ask the question: what is a movie title?…
Review: The Life of Chuck
Whoever said this is “The best Stephen King film ever made” is insane. At the end of the world we also say goodbye, and thank you, to Chuck. Directed by Mike Flanagan (Doctor Sleep, Hush, Gerald’s Game) comes this adaptation of a Stephen King novella. It stars Tom Hiddleston (Avengers) Chiwetel Ejiofor (12 Years a…
Review: War of the Worlds (2025)
H.G. Wells has risen from the grave this year, and has begun a slow walk to find Rich Lee to lay a curse on him. A top American Government security officer bears witness to the end of days when meteorites hit the Earth. On top of that, he must protect his family and save the…
Review: M3GAN 2.0
Genuinely, Pixar’s Elio had scarier scenes in it. When a military-grade robot goes on a rampage, Gemma and her niece are roped into further turmoil. Not only does this robot have uncanny similarities to M3GAN, a robot Gemma designed, but M3GAN herself has something to say about it all. Director Gerard Johnstone and his writing…