2019 releases to date. If it’s not listed I didn’t even bother. + joker. work of

2019 releases to date. If it’s not listed I didn’t even bother.

+ joker. work of art if nothing else

+ the perfection (interesting)

– geminii man (omfg give it up you vain fk)

~ double tap – formula with more fake social media promotion than any movie this year. omg.

+ el Camino (enjoyable, interesting ending)

+ midsomar (quite good, surprised )

+ coyote lake (novel take, interesting plot)

~ ad astra (beautiful, very beautiful, but weak)

~ it chapter 2 (lame)

~Us … eh.

+ doom (delivered on its promise , campy good ‘saturday afternoon theater’ – loved it actually. totally biased- they could make two of these a year and I’d be happy to watch them over and over again.)

+ in the tall grass (marginal but interesting)

– 3 from hell (awful)

+ Haunt (fun)

– 10 Minutes Gone (lame)

– Bloodline (ack)

– once upon a time in hollywood (too self conscious)

– the operative (ugh)

~ vault (delivers on formula)

+ I am mother (delivers)

+ the wind (delivers, interesting)

— annabelle (omg pls not again)

– killers anonymous

~ Parasite (i’d rewatch it)

~ Parabellum (I’m in the minority, I couldn’t watch it)

– dead don’t die (fail – didn’t need to but did. )

++ Brightburn (only movie I’ve rewatched this year)

– Intruder

– domino

~ in silence

– cold blood legacy

– replicate

– perfect

– the corrupted

– pet semetary (total miss – unwatchable)

+ The Highwaymen (acting alone is worth it)

~ professor and the madman (bad casting)

– captive state ( i can’t say on fb why these attempted blockbusters are failing – but let’s just say its the casting doesn’t work)

+ A Hole In The Ground (enjoyed it, surprised)

~ Never grow old (eh..)

– red 11 (ugh)

~ Dragged across concrete (Delivers an 80s movie)

~ every time I die

~ velvet buzzsaw (points on creativity, otherwise eh)

~ the prodigy (doesn’t really deliver)

~ glass ( lame but watchable)

– Serenity (fail)

+ Polar (surprised)

~ polaroid (delivers)

~ IO ok premise light on delivery.

– Close (ugh)

– american hangman (ugh)

+ Rabid (out a month early, fun )

November and December are wastelands.

Next year’s calendar thru may is … depressing.

Interesting:

Alien covenant 2 was to release in january – but nope.

Basic issues:

the industry is sort of screwed right now.

About this time last year I said there wasn’t a decent moving until may. It was about right. Pretty lame year.

We have really moved on to movie-serials and they don’t work in theaters.

Horror, Sci-fi (mythos) always is cheap and pays.

White hero movies are on the out.

Non-white movies aren’t on the in.

Increasingly difficult to make a thriller most are failing.

Most dramas unwatchably postmodern – nauseating.

The “we can do this with a woman’ has run its course.

Novelty is defeating ‘meaningful’ in studios.

Search for bankable sequels defeats quality and creativity

Almost no box office starts draw any longer

Only thing bringing people to theatres is spectacle.

My Biases:

– a movie only has to deliver on its promise.

– the quality of actors matters – a lot. Same for camera and editing. But it just has to be competent.

– macho shit doesn’t work any longer, unless with brains.

– I don’t do humor – it’s not funny.

– Drama has to be about smart folks