Author: tiki god

World’s Greatest Dad: Directed by Bobcat Goldthwait. With Robin Williams, Daryl Sabara, Morgan Murphy, Naomi Glick. When his son’s body is found in a humiliating accident, a lonely high school teacher inadvertently attracts an overwhelming amount of community and media attention after covering up the truth with a phony suicide note. I’m still on my quest to watch all of Robin’s films and this one is a bit of a weird pickle with lots of truly hateful language from a unloving son, unfatherly behavior from an unloving father, and people all around them that are out for themselves, with the...

Nimona: Directed by Nick Bruno, Troy Quane. With Chloë Grace Moretz, Riz Ahmed, Eugene Lee Yang, Frances Conroy. When a knight in a futuristic medieval world is framed for a crime he didn’t commit, the only one who can help him prove his innocence is Nimona — a mischievous teen who happens to be a shapeshifting creature he’s sworn to destroy. There’s talk that this was originally going to be a Disney release but that they allowed it be sold to Netflix to be released there. Idiot talking heads will have you believe this was because the main guy is...

Dune: Part Two: Directed by Denis Villeneuve. With Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya, Rebecca Ferguson, Javier Bardem. Paul Atreides unites with Chani and the Fremen while seeking revenge against the conspirators who destroyed his family. About as good as the first one, though this time around there are no big revelations, other than a couple casting decisions that I wasn’t aware of. To be honest I’ve been avoiding the trailers and the articles about the flick, as I was already sold on the first movie and knew I was going to go to the second one, so no need to spoil myself...

Dune: Directed by Denis Villeneuve. With Timothée Chalamet, Rebecca Ferguson, Oscar Isaac, Jason Momoa. A noble family becomes embroiled in a war for control over the galaxy’s most valuable asset while its heir becomes troubled by visions of a dark future. Watched again in preparation for seeing the second one in the theaters. It’s pretty darn good, but a shame they only did half the story. Buy On Amazon!

Hitman Hart: Wrestling with Shadows: Directed by Paul Jay. With Bret Hart, Owen Hart, Brian Pillman, Blade Hart. Documentary focusing on the career of pro wrestler Bret Hart & his controversial exit from the WWF. I swear to god I’m not going to get into wrestling, but this was mentioned in a podcast I was listening to and was 100% better than the podcast itself was. Very informative and well made, peak wrestling entertainment. Buy On Amazon!

Anna: Directed by Luc Besson. With Sasha Luss, Helen Mirren, Luke Evans, Cillian Murphy. Beneath Anna Poliatova’s striking beauty lies a secret that will unleash her indelible strength and skill to become one of the world’s most feared government assassins. I was directed to watch this by a member of the community, to whom I am now indebted to for introducing me to Sasha Luss. The story is familiar enough, but there’s enough of a fun wrinkle to the entire thing to make it feel fresh enough to make a well studied concept like “woman brought into a world of...