If nothing else, one can admire the fact that Double Team represents an era of film when studios weren’t afraid to take big risks. Today, the idea of spending 30 million dollars on an R-rated movie starring a past-his-prime action star and a famous athlete would never get past the pitching stage, let alone greenlit. And though Double Team’s gamble didn’t pay off, neither in quality nor box-office receipts; I, for one, am happy that this turkey exists.
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Boy, did I have my work cut out for the worst of 2019 this year. It was all-too easy to rack up ten bad movies, and that’s without having seen The Hustle, The Lion King, or Dark Phoenix! Continue reading
I (thankfully) didn’t have many movies to choose from for this list, but I assure you the ones that did make it are pieces of shit of the highest order. Enjoy! Continue reading
“There’s some weird stuff going on right now,” drawls Matthew McConaughey in Serenity. He doesn’t know the half of it. McConaughey plays Baker Dill, a fisherman on the picturesque, ambiguously-located Plymouth Island. Baker spends his days taking lazy tourists for chartered fishing trips while obsessing over a particular tuna that has evaded him multiple times. His first mate Duke (the always-charismatic Djimon Hounsou) worries about Baker’s deteriorating mental state, as well as the pair’s dwindling funds. Continue reading
I’ll get this out of the way first: I’m what you might call an “obsessive” fan of The Room. I’ve seen it at least ten times, been to several screenings, read Greg Sestero’s book, and even met Tommy Wiseau in person. So while I’m not exactly an objective judge of The Disaster Artist’s source material, in a way, I’m also especially qualified to write this review. After all, The Disaster Artist is geared toward The Room’s cult following more than any other group, though its story of beating the odds has universal appeal. Continue reading
You’d have to be naïve, stupid, or both to go into Geostorm expecting a good movie. But as I’ve written before, a bad movie isn’t necessarily an unenjoyable one, and I’m happy to say that Geostorm is a dreadful good time. Continue reading
A rather disappointing year for bad movies, 2016 saw plenty of unenjoyable dreck, but precious little in the so-bad-it’s-good category. The ordering is a bit looser than that of my best-of, but in general, the quality of the movie goes down with each successive entry. Continue reading
You’ve seen the best, now it’s time for the worst. A quick note: the presence of a movie on this list doesn’t necessarily mean I didn’t enjoy it. Continue reading