Lightning round catchup from the last month or so
Normal- Bob Odenkirk: action star was not anybody's bingo card a few year ago, but here we are. Normal was fine, although it felt like the ratio of setup to action was tilted a little too heavily to the former.
Lee Cronin's The Mummy- This was a DNF for me. Just didn't care for it.
Mortal Kombat II- Exactly what I expected it to be. Karl Urban was a perfect choice for Johnny Cage, even if it's weird to hear him without his The Boys accent at this point.
Hokum- Solid, carried well by Adam Scott
In the Grey- Guy Ritchie by numbers. The people and places are nice to look at, the dialogue is almost too snappy, and the action is staged well. The plot just wasn't engaging in any way. I was fine investing the hour and forty minutes or so to see this, but I may well never think about it again after this post.
The Sheep Detectives- As charming and enjoyable for adults as family movies get. Hugh Jackman and the voice talent lean all the way in. Man, Craig Mazin has a varied body of work if nothing else, going from Scary Movie and Hangover sequels to Chernobyl and The Last of Us, and now this.
Obsession- A haunting bit of nastiness, in the best way. This one stuck with me for a while afterwards, and what a performance from Inde Navarrette.
Normal- Bob Odenkirk: action star was not anybody's bingo card a few year ago, but here we are. Normal was fine, although it felt like the ratio of setup to action was tilted a little too heavily to the former.
Lee Cronin's The Mummy- This was a DNF for me. Just didn't care for it.
Mortal Kombat II- Exactly what I expected it to be. Karl Urban was a perfect choice for Johnny Cage, even if it's weird to hear him without his The Boys accent at this point.
Hokum- Solid, carried well by Adam Scott
In the Grey- Guy Ritchie by numbers. The people and places are nice to look at, the dialogue is almost too snappy, and the action is staged well. The plot just wasn't engaging in any way. I was fine investing the hour and forty minutes or so to see this, but I may well never think about it again after this post.
The Sheep Detectives- As charming and enjoyable for adults as family movies get. Hugh Jackman and the voice talent lean all the way in. Man, Craig Mazin has a varied body of work if nothing else, going from Scary Movie and Hangover sequels to Chernobyl and The Last of Us, and now this.
Obsession- A haunting bit of nastiness, in the best way. This one stuck with me for a while afterwards, and what a performance from Inde Navarrette.