An super-indie, ensemble, intertwining college romance in 3 (or more) parts. Not much of the way in payoff, but it has a strong script, and the cast chemistry works, plus there’s a bittersweet magnetism to the affair.
Category: Legacy
Delectable when it’s mean in the first half (especially Sarah Michelle Gellar), but loses steam with inert twists and stabs at pathos, plus the tonally bizarre finale
Categories
Palm Springs (2020)
Categories
A Bucket of Blood (1959)
Pretty thoughtful B-movie with a compelling premise and solid lead performance. Honestly I might be underselling it.
If the mystical plot and flat villain don’t shine as much as the first 2, the incredibly stylized and thrilling visuals more than make up for it.
The plot isn’t as spry or epic as part 1, but the villain is amazing and visuals are stunning, with a truly epic conclusion.
You find the weirdest stuff on Amazon prime, but I’m all about the subgenre of barely-animated living storybooks, barebones though they are as “films.”
My daughters and I are pretty into Leo Lionni, an influential and accomplished picture book author-artist, even though his art definitely surpasses his storytelling instincts.
They’re not much, but I still love these little pseudo-animated “live storybooks.” My daughter actually fell asleep to this one!
Lynn Shelton crafts some likeable characters and situations, but something about them just doesn’t quite land for me. The ending is too kind, and the character dynamics not fully thought through.
Great acting by all three leads and compelling drama, but the ending is distractingly pat and gentle.