Friday, May 31, 2024

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

Thursday, May 2, 2024

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