A nearly-good, super-lofi, Linklater-ish, hangout movie. Script is meh but cast is fine, and it’s genuinely nice to look at (especially the pizza-making montage). Wanted more from the romance and the ending.
I would be lying if I said there was no appeal in adora-creepy beaver puppets chasing around trashy college kids and turning them into human-beaver-zombie hybrids, and a script built around corny one-liners.
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Palm Springs (2020)
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
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A Bucket of Blood (1959)
Pretty thoughtful B-movie with a compelling premise and solid lead performance. Honestly I might be underselling it.
Update: Full review here
Gorgeous B&W and a woozy Rachmaninov score emphasize the emotional experience of brief love when you’re already content with someone. A stunning tearjerker.
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.
They’re not much, but I still love these little pseudo-animated “live storybooks.” My daughter actually fell asleep to this one!
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.