Review – Black Christmas (2006)

The original was a clunker, and this doesn’t really do much to improve on it. Indeed, my favorite parts were the homages to the older movie. Beyond that it’s sorority girls being butchered by a psycho, with some backstory stirred in for a little extra added annoyance. See if desperate

Review – The Beekeeper

Hollywood finally appears to be getting the revenge movie formula worked out. The elite killing machine protagonist here is set off when his kindly neighbor commits suicide after falling victim to a phishing scam. I’m not inclined to care a lot about mobsters or international cabals. But as far as I’m concerned, criminals who steal from old folks can definitely all get murdered by retired super commandos. Beyond that, this is a comfortably familiar assembly of action sequences. Mildly amusing

Review – Munich: The Edge of War

Here we have a big moment in history as seen from the perspectives of two young professionals who happen to be old acquaintances. One’s a minor bureaucrat on Neville Chamberlain’s negotiation team, and the other is a German with insider knowledge about Hitler’s true intent. Naturally enough, this turns out to be one of those stories that one desperately wishes would turn out differently than it did. Mildly amusing