04/21/2018

Today’s movie is “Dude” (2018), the Netflix Original comedy written and directed by Olivia Milch, based on a story by Kendall McKinnon. The film follows Lily (Lucy Hale), Chloe (Kathryn Prescott), Amelia (Alexandra Shipp), and Rebecca (Awkwafina), as they deal with their last two weeks of high school, mostly through the use and abuse of drugs. Spoilers ahead. “Dude” (2018) is not the film portrayed in the trailer, at least not just that film. The viewer discovers this in the first ten minutes,

04/20/2018

Today’s movie is “I Am Not An Easy Man” (2018), the Netflix Original French comedy directed by Eleonore Pourriat and written in collaboration with Ariane Fert, based on Pourriat’s short “Oppressed Majority”. The film follows Damien (Vincent Elbaz), a chauvinistic man who wakes up in a world where women individually and systemically oppress men, falling for Alexandra (Marie-Sophie Ferdane), a popular author looking to use Damien as material. Let me start by saying that I enjoyed this film, but I

04/19/2018

Today’s movie is “Cartel Land” (2015), directed by Matthew Heinemen, a documentary about two vigilante groups ostensibly fighting back against the cartels. The documentary was shot on the front lines of the fight, sometimes in live fire situations, and with grim consequences. The movie was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary. I have different thoughts about the two groups. Arizona Border Recon is a group of self-appointed border observers, who share a belief that the drug