Big Sky was always a spotty series, the first half of season 1 was great, the second half felt like a new season. Season 2 was a chore, but when it was awesome it was awesome. Same is basically the same for the third and final season. Jensen Ackles is a welcome cast member, and carries the series,
Dream Scenario is a perfect Nic Cage role. He is embracing his madness, and in this film his character is aswell. It feels like a missing Charlie Kaufman script, and with Cage it gave me Adaptation vibes. It stars off strong and ends strong but kind of lags in the middle. I wish it went for broke with the insanity of the premise but it is a solid film with great performances.
Emerald Fennell gave us a tough watch wrapped in candy colors in 2020 with Promising Young Woman. Exploitation disguised as art house. Now she is at is again and with an equally as creepy and unsettling film, Saltburn. This is not what i expected, i kept thinking the family would be the antagonists but i loved how methodical this was. It's stylish as fuck and Barry Keoghan as usual is a creepy lil bastard and totally steals the show here.
It is hard to write a review for Strange New Worlds. I was watching it weekly but with my mom, she passed away a few days after the finale and we were not able to watch, so i kept putting it off. Fantastic season, fantastic finale. This is a fun episodic series that has great characters and moments. The finale was right out of Alien and they nailed it. Now to wait til 2025 for the third season.
Another season of Creepshow has come and gone, more so than most seasons this was a mixed bag....okay most are mixed bags, this was more miss than hit though. Really only 2 segments i enjoyed, the vampire family and the George Romero segment, but both of thouse fell apart aswell. Fun show overall but it might be time to put it to rest. Give us one more as a finale, or even just a special.
16 years ago Eagle Vs Shark was a film i loved seeing it the Dundee. I anticipated seeing Taika Waititi's next film but Boy underwhelmed me, as did What We Do in the Shadows and Hunt for the Wilderpeople. His take on Thor while the series' best was way too comedic....same with his follow up. Now JoJo Rabbit was the film i wanted. But could he do it again? Well Next Goal Wins doesn't seem to know if it wants to be taken serious, and if it is serious it plays out in a tired way, or if it wants to be comedic, which joke fall flat and Waititi's narration takes you out every time. If i want to watch a struggling football team i will watch Ted Lasso, this has the misfortune of coming out the same year as their final season and while the plots are different all this did was make me appreciate Lasso that much more.
Lockdown Tower is a perfect example of modern exploitation. From its Mist premise to the Snowpiercer battle lines, it cements characters in their areas and shows how truly fucked the world becomes. It would have been a perfect covid film with the isolation but honestly i feel it is more effective without having that afterthought.
