Argylle

Well Mathew Vaughn has been slipping ALOT lately. At one time he was the director i championed and thought i would always love. Layer Cake is solid, as is Stardust, Kick Ass is kick ass, as it First Class and Kingsman. Then along came the Kingsman sequels, which were either forgettable or just a chore, now we get Argylle which is the biggest chore and one of the dumbest films i have seen in some time. DOes this want to be Austin Powers? If so go for broke. But instead this wants to be over the top Kingaman but PG13 and with a romance, neither one is a bad thing but here it just comes off as silly. The acting except for John Cena is wooden, phoned in and uninspired. The only scene i got a kick out of was the ballet esque hallway scene shooting the pink & blue bombs. Otherwise this film was torture. 

Book Of Clarence

 I loved The Harder They Fall, it was a perfect western. I was so stoked for The Bullitts next film, especially hearing it was a take down of Christianity i was sold. While LaKieth Stanfield is amazing as usual and i did love the satire, i ultimately found this to be a chore to watch. The plot had promise but i was bored. It had humor, maybe if they leaned a bit more into camp, but they did this artfully.....just wish Book of Clarence was a Book of Brilliance, 

Monster Mash

 I usually pass on Asylum Pictures, i love Sharknado, Z Nation shit like that, but their mockbusters are just beyond awful. Now we get Monster Mash, not a mockbuster but it is indeed beyond awful. Michael Madsen once again lowers his filmography this time as Dr. Frankenstein, the bad guy that must be stopped by the universal monsters. Monster Squad this is not, hell this feels like Full Moon and that is a big step down the loony bin known as Asylum.  

Ricky Stanicky

 Ricky Stanicky feels like a Farrelly Brothers film, and it is, well it is a solo Peter venture, but it also feels more like a film that wants to be the Brothers Farrelly. It is gross out, and does so moderately well, but the plot is contrived and most of the acting feels very cookie cutter, except for John Cena, as usual knocks it out, but even then the heart the film implies to have is no where to be seen. Coming off of Green Book and The Greatest Beer Run Ever it is a real step back for Peter but it is a real step back for comedy that seems to be missing these days...except from John Cena, seriously the dude kills it in comedic roles. 

Road House

 

Road House is truly an in name only sequel. None of the same characters, not the same bar, nor is it the same plot, the characters here feel very 90s straight to video, the plot feels very streaming....so it is fitting this is on Prime instead of theatres, This is wooden acting in a dull film with choppy fight scenes. Be nice....that's about it. 

Sasquatch Sunset

 Well Sasquatch Sunset is easily the weirdest film of the year thus far. Let's take Jesse Eisenberg & Riley Keough and out them in sasquatch costumes....make them speak no dialogue, just grunt, fuck, use the restroom and learn about death for 90 minutes. It's tedious at times, funny at others, gross for the most part, but oddly heartfelt. 

Resident Alien s3

 Resident Alien season 3 didn't pack the punch of the first 2, and the finale had almost too much plot going on, but hats off to them for making this bonkers ass episode work!