Baywatch actually was a bit better than I expected as I did manage to chuckle throughout and the film does a good job honoring yet also making fun of the old series (a la 21 Jump Street). This is a worthy rental.
Category: Blu-ray Reviews
Review: Supergirl: The Complete Second Season BD + Screen Caps
Supergirl: The Complete Second Season is quite entertaining in spite of its faults with the script writing and some performances, yet Melissa Benoist is a delight in the lead, almost Christopher Reeve-esque in her cheerfulness, and the season-long arcs were compelling.
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Review: Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 4K/BD + Screen Caps
Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol. 2 is a good step down from the first movie but still enjoyable enough even if the jokes at times feel forced and the story not quite as strong, and a villain’s motivations a bit of a letdown. That said, the performances were mostly good especially Karen Gillan and Michael Rooker.
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Review: Black Sails: The Complete Fourth Season BD + Screen Caps
Black Sails: The Complete Fourth Season is a solid and fine finale for the series that, as in previous seasons, is notable for the performances of Toby Stephens and Hannah New with special acknowledgment to Ray Stevenson as Blackbeard, whose presence is always welcomed.
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Review: Snatched BD + Screen Caps
It’s something to go into a movie with low expectations and Snatched actually was a tad better, that’s not saying much, however. The first 20-minutes or so was a slog to sit through but as Schumer and Hawn are together in South America, and especially when Maloni enters the picture (in an all too brief role), things did pick up.
Review: The Exception BD + Screen Caps
The Exception is a well acted and finely told story featuring strong performances from Lily James, Jai Courtney – both sharing wonderful chemistry – and the always fantastical, Christopher Plummer. At the very least this is well worth a rental.
Review: Blackbeard BD + Screen Caps
Probably the only thing the Blackbeard mini-series is remembered for is being one of Jessica Chastain’s first major roles, otherwise most everything in this seemed cheap from including the production and at nearly three hours, a slog to sit through.
Review: Snapshot BD + Screen Caps
I realize Snapshot isn’t a very good film from the story to characters, it’s not even good as an exploitation kind of way, and yet I couldn’t help but to be moderately entertained and drawn toward actress Sigrid Thornton who made it quite watchable.
Alien: Covenant Blu-ray Review
Alien: Covenant had plenty of potential as it starts off well enough before taking a nosedive into derivative territory, filled with idiotic characters, and an utterly stupid finale.
Review: Chuck BD + Screen Caps
Chuck is a run-of-the-mill boxing drama that features some solid performances headlined by Liev Schreiber, Elisabeth Moss and Jim Gaffigan, though in Schreiber’s case, it’s amazing the work he was able to do with the amount of make-up caked on his face…
Review: The Poseidon Adventure (’05) BD + Screen Caps
This 2005 TV adaptation of The Poseidon Adventure is pretty awful. Not only is the acting bad, I honestly expected a bit more from Rutger Hauer and even Peter Weller, it’s a story stretched across 170+ minutes, it is quite tedious to sit through.
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Review: The Zodiac Killer BD + Screen Caps
The Zodiac Killer is a movie where how it was made was far more interesting than the movie itself, which is just plain bad but with some unintentionally funny scenes here and there, at least when not involving scenes depicting the Zodiac’s real victims.
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The Hunter’s Prayer Blu-ray Review
The Hunter’s Prayer isn’t exactly a memorable suspense-drama or anything and Sam Worthington doesn’t exactly turn in a strong performance, meaning par for the course for the actor, but I did think the young Odeya Rush was a standout and I was moderately entertained.
Review: Kill Switch BD + Screen Caps
Kill Switch might be, on paper, an interesting concept but by going with the first person shooter route and you actually distance yourself with the main character as played by Dan Stevens and at that point you couldn’t care less about his situation.
Review: Once Upon a Time in Venice BD + Screen Caps
Once Upon a Time in Venice doesn’t quite work either as crime or comedy, but I have to admit to chucking a few times here and there and can appreciate the cast, though the likes of John Goodman and Famke Janssen were underutilized.
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