3.5 Stars – Page 5 – Ebert Did It Better: Gasbag Reviews

This is a solid entry for Netflix. In picking Blakeson, a mildly accomplished director with a good, albeit short track record and allowing him to thrive, its very clear indication that they’ve turned a corner as a studio.

Daily Wire’s Run Hide Fight (***1/2) bring the weather with you

Feb 12, 2021

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coolpapae

in 3.5 Stars, Action, CPE, Movie Reviews

Every fair minded person will find positives and negatives in this film. The woke will just bring their own weather with them.

Synchronic (***1/2) is great mid-trip

Feb 3, 2021

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coolpapae

in 3.5 Stars, CPE, Movie Reviews, Sci-Fi

Viewers won’t find premises as creative as this often in movies. Even if not explored to the extent desired, it’s still entertaining and somewhat intriguing. One just wishes that the peripheral characters held any interest at all.

Another Look: Wes Craven’s New Nightmare wears down through the years

Feb 2, 2021

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coolpapae

in 3.5 Stars, Another Look, CPE, Horror, Movie Reviews

The gifts that Craven had as a storyteller would not be acknowledged here, as this film made the least of the entire series. There is little accounting for taste or reaching beyond the same old stuff.

Criterion: Coma (***1/2) is a compact thriller

Nov 15, 2020

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in 3.5 Stars, CPE, Criterion, Movie Reviews

Crichton understands well enough how to keep the viewer involved, even if the story is compacted to get the viewer in and out in standard time.

Freaky (***1/2) gets in touch with its other self

Nov 13, 2020

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coolpapae

in 3.5 Stars, Comedy, CPE, CPE, Em and El, Horror, Movie Reviews

If you ever enjoyed Vaughn and wondered where his comic chops have gone in the last decade, look here. His skill at evoking laughter from a mixture of intelligence and physical comedy is near top form.