Movie thoughts and fiction updates.
I don't think there's a more disappointing young filmmaker today than Christopher Landon. The feature film of his that first brought him to my attention was Happy Death Day, a delightful little romp through Groundhog Day antics. That success lead to serious attention from Blumhouse who started throwing money at him to make movies quickly… Continue reading We Have a Ghost
#34 in my ranking of Clint Eastwood's films. Not nearly the disaster that some critics made it out to be but also not that good either, Cry Macho was a script that author N. Richard Nash had been trying to get made since the early 1970s. It only took 20 years after Nash's death for… Continue reading Cry Macho
Well, that was a lot. I guess I shouldn't be surprised considering the title. That being said, it seems odd to critique a film for having too much going on when that's kind of the point, but I'm gonna do it anyway. There's a lot of fun, entertaining, and even emotionally resonant stuff going on,… Continue reading Everything Everywhere All At Once
I really thought that Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story had cornered the market on musical biopic satires. There was nothing else to say or even make fun of. And then Weird Al Yankovic took the Funny or Die short from a decade ago and, along with his co-screenwriter and director for the film, Eric… Continue reading Weird: The Al Yankovic Story
So, I also highlighted this trailer. I'll talk about this movie as well. I really liked this book by Grady Hendrix, and it's one of those books that seems to naturally translate well to a screenplay (though the credits call it a teleplay). It's not a super dense or super long novel. It has a… Continue reading My Best Friend’s Exorcism
David Vining, Author 