The Crooked Castle
Movies:
“Mama Mia! Here We Go Again” is a phoned-in sequel to a movie that left no room, or more importantly, top-line Abba songs, for a sequel. It isn’t awful, but it isn’t very good, either.
“Skyscraper” is a by-the-numbers disaster movie. If you like this sort of thing, this is the sort of thing you will like. And we do, mostly. Mostly. Continue reading
Movies and other oddments:
“Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom” took a large number of first rate components and then threw them into a box and shook the box until something that resembled a finished product coalesced. There are great effects, good actors, good characters, and good dialog, but the whole is so much less than the sum of its parts. We don’t regret seeing it, but that isn’t really a recommendation. Continue reading
Movies and a few oddments:
“Invisibles 2” is an upper mediocre superhero movie that happens to be animated. Where the first “Incredibles” was a loving parody/homage of long running movie tropes presented to a market where superhero movies were relatively rare, the current offering has lost track of that, and is being presented in a market that is oversaturated with superheroes. There is nothing wrong with this movie, but it doesn’t sparkle even the tiniest bit. Continue reading
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