Movie Review Marry Me

Marry Me 

Directed by Kat Coiro 

Written by John Rogers, Harper Dill, Tommy Sagher

Starring Jennifer Lopez, Owen Wilson

Release Date February 11th, 2022 

I went into the new romantic comedy Marry Me, starring Jennifer Lopez and Owen Wilson, with the expectation of hating the movie. It was a feeling that was not unfair given the track record that Jennifer Lopez has in terrible romantic comedies. Lopez has been party to the decline of the rom-com genre over the last two decades by churning out one horrific example of the genre after another. Movies like 2001’s dreary The Wedding Plannerthe abysmal, unwatchable failure that was Gigli, the gag inducing comedy The Back Up Plan, and 2018's regrettable Second Act, in my mind, perfectly justify my expectation to hate Marry Me

Lopez’s taste in romantic comedies is a bland, borderline unwatchable example of everything wrong with the genre. Owen Wilson is only slightly more reliable in the genre because he’s made so few genuine romantic comedies in his lengthy career. What a lovely surprise it is to have my expectations proven wrong. Granted, Marry Me benefits from extremely low standards on my part but given the attitude I went in with, it’s impressive to me that I can sit here and recommend Marry Me to you, dear reader.

Find my full length review at Geeks.Media, linked here. 



Documentary Review Dunk or Die

Dunk or Die 

Directed by Nicolas De Virieu

Written by Documentary 

Starring Kadour Ziani 

Release Date February 21st, 2022 

Documentaries are a window into a world you may not have known existed. The best documentaries are ones that take you to new places in the world, in existence, in consciousness. Documentaries expand reality, they teach, they inform and they entertain. The new French, black & white, basketball documentary Dunk or Die may seem like a documentary about a basketball player in France, emulating the heroes of the NBA, but that’s just the surface. 

Director Nicolas De Verieu has the specific task of chronicling the life of Kadour Ziane, a superstar around the world for his spectacular mastery of the slam dunk. In the process of capturing Ziane, De Verieu throws a light on the nature of obsession. What drives the obsessive personality? Trauma? Riches? Fame? For Kadour Ziane, obsession means breaking physical, mental and emotional barriers built in a youth filled with the struggles of race and class.

Find my full length review at Unbalanced.Media, linked here. 



Movie Review Strawberry Mansion

Strawberry Mansion

Directed by Kentucker Audley, Albert Birney

Written by Kentucker Audley, Albert Birney

Starring Penny Fuller, Kentucker Audley 

Release Date July 22nd, 2021 

Strawberry Mansion is an almost impenetrable film. The comic drama from the directing duo of Kentucker Audley and Albert Birney follows Audley as James Preble, a man whose job is to audit people’s dreams. In this bizarre reality people pay taxes for things they use in their dreams. Meanwhile, a corrupt corporation is sneaking advertisements into those same dreams without anyone being aware of it, save for Bella played by Penny Fuller. 

The story of Strawberry Mansion picks up inside the dream of James Preble where a friend has brought him fried chicken and soda. We get the sense immediately that this is a rather typical event in James’s dreams, his friend, Buddy (Linas Phillips), brings food and soda and the two enjoy a meal together in James’ oddly purple kitchen, likely something he’s invented in order to save on his dream taxes.

Find my full length review at Geeks.Media, linked here. 



Movie Review Pursuit

Pursuit 

Directed by Brian Skiba

Written by Brian Skiba, Andrew Stevens, Dawn Bursteen

Starring John Cusack, Emile Hirsch, Jake Manley

Release Date February 18th, 2022

While Bruce Willis gets most of the attention for his late career paycheck cheapies, John Cusack has been toiling away on the same easy paycheck circuit. Cusack’s recent resume may not be as stunningly inept and lazy as Willis’s output, but it is nearly as disreputable. As evidence I present to you the scuzzy new action thriller, Pursuit. The film stars the ever less reputable Emile Hirsch and someone named Jake Manley with Cusack seemingly allowing a film crew to capture scenes of him puttering around his house to include in the movie. 

Pursuit stars Emile Hirsch as gangster-hacker Rick Calloway. Rick’s wife has gone missing and using the dark web, Rick is unraveling the criminal enterprise that is hiding and torturing her for the sadistic purpose of antagonizing Rick. In his pursuit of the truth, Rick tracks down a drug dealer who happens to be the subject of a sting by undercover NYPD Detectives. Unknowingly interrupting the bust, Rick kills several people and injures a pair of cops including Detective Mike Breslin played by Jake Manley.

Find my full length review at Geeks.Media, linked here.



Movie Review Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2022)

Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2022) 

Directed by David Blue Garcia, 

Written by Chris Thomas Devlin, Fede Alvarez, Rodo Sayagues

Starring Sarah Yarkin, Elsie Fisher, Mark Burnham

Release Date February 18th, 2022

“Do something and you are totally canceled bro!” Random Leatherface victim in Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2022

Allow me to set the scene: A bus filled with Zoomers partying late into a rainy Texas night. Leatherface, the famed chainsaw killer boards the bus wearing his adopted mother’s face and carrying his chainsaw. Slack-jawed soon to be dead, Zoomers point cellphone cameras at Leatherface and victim number 1 threatens the lunatic killer with cancel culture. A generation that has lived through multiple school shootings is here portrayed as so dimwitted and P.C that they believe cancel culture would stop a chainsaw wielding maniac. 

This is what passes as social satire in the new Netflix take on The Texas Chainsaw Massacre franchise. This bankrupt, intellectually deficient hot take is supposed to continue the legacy of one of the most subversive and politically charged horror movies of all time? This boneheaded meme is what passes for modern satirical discourse? It’s a wonder that no one asked if Leatherface identified as an attack helicopter. To say that satire is not the strong suit of the makers of the new Texas Chainsaw Massacre is a grave understatement of the stupidity and bankruptcy of this cash grab sequel.

Find my full length review at Horror.Media, linked here. 



Movie Review Dog

Dog 

Directed by Reid Carolin, Channing Tatum

Written by Reid Carolin, Brett Rodriguez, Channing Tatum

Starring Channing Tatum 

Release Date February 8th, 2022 

Dog stars Channing Tatum Biggs, a former Army Ranger dealing with the aftermath of a brain injury. The injury suffered in the field has left Biggs struggling, drinking too much, and working at a sandwich shop. Biggs has a chance to get back into the field as a security contractor but not until his commanding officer signs off. To get his commanding officer to give him a recommendation, Biggs agrees to do a favor. 

Recently, a friend and fellow soldier named Rodriguez has died, leaving behind his dog, Lulu. Lulu is a military dog, one trained to work in the field seeking out the enemy. Lulu was injured in the field and struggles with anxiety in many ways that make her unlikely to ever be adopted, especially not that Rodriguez has passed. Biggs is tasked with taking Lulu from Oregon to Arizona for Rodriguez’s funeral. After the funeral, he is supposed to take Lulu to a nearby military race where she will be put to sleep.

Find my full length review at Geeks.Media, linked here. 



Documentary Review A Peloton of One

A Peloton of One

Directed by John Bernardo, Steven E. Mallorca

Written by Documentary 

Starring Dave Ohlmuller 

Release Date May 1st, 2020 

A Peloton of One is an emotionally raw and inspiring story about one man healing himself and others from the seat of a bicycle. While you may see the word Peloton and think someone is trying to sell you an expensive at home bicycle set up, a Peloton is actually just a French term for a group of bicycle enthusiasts riding together. Dave Ohlmuller however, in 2017, became A Peloton of One when he decided to ride his bike from Chicago to New York City. 

Why did Dave launch this remarkable ride? He wanted to raise awareness for those who have struggled with having been sexually abused as children. A Peloton of One is a reflection of the still ongoing ripple effect of the Catholic Church scandal that found Catholic churches around the world frantically trying to cover for Priests who’d done monstrous things, committed horrific crimes, and how the church desperately tried to sweep the situation under the rug.

Find my full length review linked here. 


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