Author: tiki god

Directed by Rob Lindsay. No Responders Left Behind is a feature documentary following 9/11 responder & activist John Feal who, along with comedian Jon Stewart and FDNY hero Ray Pfeifer, fought the U.S. Congress to ensure that thousands of terminally ill 9/11 First Responders got the health care This was released back in 2021, but I just now found a stream of it, and I promise you, I’ve been looking! It’s every bit as emotionally frustrating as I expected it to be, with the same obvious players making life difficult for everyone around them, using morally corrupt reasoning to cause...

Habit: Directed by Janell Shirtcliff. With Bella Thorne, Andreja Pejic, Gavin Rossdale, Libby Mintz. A street-smart party girl gets mixed up in a violent drug deal and finds a possible way out by masquerading as a nun. It took me about 3 tries, but I finally got through the film. There’s a few famous people present, but I think they forgot to polish the story before filming. There’s definitely a story to be told here, but it’s one that you have to get to despite the uneven acting and unnatural lighting in nearly every scene. Buy On Amazon!

The Northman: Directed by Robert Eggers. With Alexander Skarsgård, Nicole Kidman, Claes Bang, Ethan Hawke. From visionary director Robert Eggers comes The Northman, an action-filled epic that follows a young Viking prince on his quest to avenge his father’s murder. I love Alexander Skarsgard, but this movie went too heavy into the deep catalog of northern mythology for me to enjoy the film. It’s definitely got a fantastic story and the acting is pretty damn good too, just didn’t do it for me personally. Buy On Amazon!

The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit: Directed by Nunnally Johnson. With Gregory Peck, Jennifer Jones, Fredric March, Marisa Pavan. An ex-soldier faces ethical questions as he tries to earn enough to support his wife and children well. This is one of the most serious and mature film that I’ve seen from the 1950’s, and it’s about the effects of PTSD on soldiers from the second world war that wrapped up about a decade previously, and how they were dealing with the fact that the country had developed a national amnesia to the fact that a large part of their...

The Night House: Directed by David Bruckner. With Rebecca Hall, Sarah Goldberg, Vondie Curtis-Hall, Evan Jonigkeit. A widow begins to uncover her recently deceased husband’s disturbing secrets. This movie has some of the most creepy use of negative space that I’ve ever seen in a film and goes up on my list of great suspense films like “It Follows”. Buy On Amazon!

The Big Short: Directed by Adam McKay. With Ryan Gosling, Rudy Eisenzopf, Casey Groves, Charlie Talbert. In 2006-2007 a group of investors bet against the US mortgage market. In their research, they discover how flawed and corrupt the market is. I’ve been putting off watching this, as I only just barely missed getting hit by the subprime implosion, so I have good memories of friends having severe financial problems, some of whom have still not fully recovered. Seeing it in a movie isn’t necessary and I’ll admit to a bit of PTSD with hearing that only a single person was...