Month: June 2019

New Fiction 2019 – June

Godzilla: King of the Monsters dir. Michael Dougherty (2019)

I’m onboard for big character mash-up movies as much as the next man-child, but I wanna know a lot more about the titans introduced in this movie. It’s a lot of ‘em. It’s also one of those movies where so many people die constantly that I wonder what the movie is trying to do with the focus on human turmoil. It seems like the inevitable conclusion is a a society designed to appease the giant monsters. Skip forward a few hundred years and show that.

Tuca & Bertie (2019)

28th June – Tuca & Bertie is hilarious and weird, I love it.

29th June – Okay this show is even better than ‘hilarious and weird.’ Lisa Hanawalt’s voice is in everything. The focus on women’s relationships, on calling out shitty dudes, it’s all the kinda show we need to see more of.

Booksmart dir. Olivia Wilde (2019)

I can’t believe we were watching shit like American Pie and thought it was good. This new generation of coming-of-age teen romp is so far beyond our garbage of the late 90s.

Half the year already.

New Fiction 2019 – June

Godzilla: King of the Monsters dir. Michael Dougherty (2019)

I’m onboard for big character mash-up movies as much as the next man-child, but I wanna know a lot more about the titans introduced in this movie. It’s a lot of ‘em. It’s also one of those movies where so many people die constantly that I wonder what the movie is trying to do with the focus on human turmoil. It seems like the inevitable conclusion is a a society designed to appease the giant monsters. Skip forward a few hundred years and show that.

Tuca & Bertie (2019)

28th June – Tuca & Bertie is hilarious and weird, I love it.

29th June – Okay this show is even better than ‘hilarious and weird.’ Lisa Hanawalt’s voice is in everything. The focus on women’s relationships, on calling out shitty dudes, it’s all the kinda show we need to see more of.

Half the year already.

New Fiction 2019 – May

What We Do in the Shadows – “Pilot” (2019)

Holy shit, there’s a new kind of vampire and it’s the funniest character I’ve seen in a long while. I’ve only watched the one episode and will soon indulge in the rest.

Hanna – “Forest” (2019)

I’ve seen the movie, and so it feels… familiar, like a story retold. Stretching that out into an episodic series will have to mean some new plot elements, maybe new characters? I wasn’t compelled enough to continue.

El Chicano dir. Ben Hernandez Bray (2019)

This made me wretch. You know, in the brain. Its message is pure Latinos for Trump propaganda and trying to tell Americans of latin-american descent where their loyalties should lie. It doesn’t help that the producer is a genuine asshole.

Pokémon Detective Pikachu dir. Rob Letterman (2019)

Before I saw it, someone mentioned that it was a religious movie, and that’s all I could think about. I didn’t quite see what he meant, but it certainly made me second-guess the motivations of the creators. It also had giant purple Pokémon with speakers built into their bodies, so there’s that.

John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum dir. Chad Stahelski (2019)

I liked the first two a lot, but John Wick is now a franchise and I sure wish it wasn’t. I’d rather they took the James Bond approach. Movie ends, the next one is a mystery, you know.

Brightburn dir. David Yarovesky (2019)

The notion of Superman as an evil, sociopathic entity is intriguing. I mean, if it goes wrong, it can go real wrong. I just hope there’s no Batman character to stop him in future installments, just more descent into sadness and horror.

New Fiction 2019 – May

What We Do in the Shadows – “Pilot” (2019)

Holy shit, there’s a new kind of vampire and it’s the funniest character I’ve seen in a long while. I’ve only watched the one episode and will soon indulge in the rest.

Hanna – “Forest” (2019)

I’ve seen the movie, and so it feels… familiar, like a story retold. Stretching that out into an episodic series will have to mean some new plot elements, maybe new characters? I wasn’t compelled enough to continue.

El Chicano dir. Ben Hernandez Bray (2019)

This made me wretch. You know, in the brain. Its message is pure Latinos for Trump propaganda and trying to tell Americans of latin-american descent where their loyalties should lie. It doesn’t help that the producer is a genuine asshole.

Pokémon Detective Pikachu dir. Rob Letterman (2019)

Before I saw it, someone mentioned that it was a religious movie, and that’s all I could think about. I didn’t quite see what he meant, but it certainly made me second-guess the motivations of the creators. It also had giant purple Pokémon with speakers built into their bodies, so there’s that.

John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum dir. Chad Stahelski (2019)

I liked the first two a lot, but John Wick is now a franchise and I sure wish it wasn’t. I’d rather they took the James Bond approach. Movie ends, the next one is a mystery, you know.

Brightburn dir. David Yarovesky (2019)

The notion of Superman as an evil, sociopathic entity is intriguing. I mean, if it goes wrong, it can go real wrong. I just hope there’s no Batman character to stop him in future installments, just more descent into sadness and horror.