Minons & Monsters 1/5 - The current trend of “collection of loosely related scenes with little narrative connection” comedies has its strengths but boy does it fall apart here. The Minions speak just enough real language to distract you into thinking it’s real, the plot is incoherent while also contradicting previous movies, and just referencing a bunch of old Hollywood stuff doesn’t make you cultured, it makes you lazy
American Psycho 4.5/5 - This was a special Fangoria screening which was odd because my theater was laughing at the memes while I was laughing at the jokes. It’s frustrating so many people don’t understand this as a critique despite it being a British man, directed by a woman, and written by a gay man talking about the insanity of white American business culture
Edward Scissorhands 3.5/5 - This was much more adult than I expected. I don’t fully understand why so many people are emotionally attached to this but it’s fine
The Game 4.5/5 - At first I thought this was a little lost in the sauce especially with the on the nose Parallax View reference. However it really won me over in the end and I only had a few minor gripes along the way
The Invite 3.5/5 - Pretty solid comedy with very good writing. It very much feels like watching a play
Ghost in the Shell (2017) 3/5 - Obviously the movie is the first point of comparison and this isn’t as good. Still the stuff that works in this is really cool and looks good on screen, the stuff that doesn’t is its own thing and that’s fine too
Minons & Monsters 1/5 - The current trend of “collection of loosely related scenes with little narrative connection” comedies has its strengths but boy does it fall apart here. The Minions speak just enough real language to distract you into thinking it’s real, the plot is incoherent while also contradicting previous movies, and just referencing a bunch of old Hollywood stuff doesn’t make you cultured, it makes you lazy
American Psycho 4.5/5 - This was a special Fangoria screening which was odd because my theater was laughing at the memes while I was laughing at the jokes. It’s frustrating so many people don’t understand this as a critique despite it being a British man, directed by a woman, and written by a gay man talking about the insanity of white American business culture
Edward Scissorhands 3.5/5 - This was much more adult than I expected. I don’t fully understand why so many people are emotionally attached to this but it’s fine
The Game 4.5/5 - At first I thought this was a little lost in the sauce especially with the on the nose Parallax View reference. However it really won me over in the end and I only had a few minor gripes along the way
The Invite 3.5/5 - Pretty solid comedy with very good writing. It very much feels like watching a play
Ghost in the Shell (2017) 3/5 - Obviously the movie is the first point of comparison and this isn’t as good. Still the stuff that works in this is really cool and looks good on screen, the stuff that doesn’t is its own thing and that’s fine too