Simon lures victims into his basement and mutilates them—cutting off their noses, feet, fingers, and heads—and then carefully wraps and labels them and stores them in his freezer. It’s also where he stores his ice cream sandwiches. Sometimes he takes heads out of the dryer and gasps, “Hot head! Hot head!”
As this critic continues to look back at some of this Summer's films I have taken in, I would be remiss if I didn't mention one of the most overall unsettling trends in Hollywood over the last several years.....sequels, reboots, and remakes. Look, I am all for seeing more than one film for certain originals that made a splash, ie: "Jurassic Park", "Pirates of the Caribbean", "Transformers", etc.
A best friend that will stick with you to the end, on a group trip from hell, is someone to die for.
"Warrior" is a Bruce Lee written and inspired story that follows a diverse cast of Chinese American characters and does a terrific job of setting the story in 1878 San Francisco - all without pulling their punches with the systemic racism, discrimination, and struggle for power that old and young immigrants that crossed the country at that time had to go through.
In Amazon’s new shark flick, The Devil’s Mouth, terrible tourists finally get their comeuppance while two estranged best friends must overcome their petty squabbles to survive as the rest of their party gets chomped one by one. While it’s by no means an Oscar winner, The Devil’s Mouth is good old fashioned shark week carnage with a tourist critical twist, perfect with popcorn, a friend, and a healthy does of schadenfreude.
Kate Winslet and Saorise Ronan deliver stellar performances in a film that doesn't live up to its potential.
