The Rental. Quick Review

Two couples rent an idyllic holiday home for a weekend getaway in this slow-burn psychological horror first feature from director Dave Franco. Given the premise, it won’t be surprising to learn this is fairly straight forward four handers with Dan Stevens, Alison Brie Sheila Vand and Jeremy Allen White in the central roles. The conceptContinue reading “The Rental. Quick Review”

Lockdown Streaming Reviews. #22. Eurovision Song Contest. The Story of Fire Saga. (Netflix.)

Will Ferrell has his fair share of solid films and classic characters but the majority of output from him and his production company in the 2010s has been complete garbage with Get Hard and Holmes and Watson claiming top prize for most worthless Ferrell effort. Now he teams up with Rachel McAdams for that rare Ferrell filmContinue reading “Lockdown Streaming Reviews. #22. Eurovision Song Contest. The Story of Fire Saga. (Netflix.)”

Cleaning Out My Film Rentals. #2 Lucy In The Sky (2019.)

Do you ever get that feeling of disappointment when someone you admire makes it makes a universally paned piece of media but realistically as a follow-up of their previous work you should have seen it coming. That is how I felt about   Noah Hawley’s Natalie Portman starring feature directorial debut Lucy In the Sky. OnContinue reading “Cleaning Out My Film Rentals. #2 Lucy In The Sky (2019.)”