Hey everyone! I hope you are having a wonderful summer and enjoying or surviving this hot weather. I have a few new releases to update you on and fortunately it’s another good group of hidden gems you should check out! CHICKEN FOR LINDA First up we have a wonderful animated film from France called Chicken ..read more

It’s no big secret that blockbuster films have been letting me down a lot this year. I’ve hardly liked any of the large-scale releases from the studios and it can honestly be quite draining after a while. I do not seek to be a contrarian and always prefer enjoying films over critiquing them but sometimes ..read more

This month proved to be a fun one for Blind Spot. I checked off 2 films that people are stunned I had not seen- Deadpool and the original Blade. Superhero movies have become so unpleasant to cover that if there’s not a pressing need to see one of them it’s easier to avoid them and ..read more

Crafting an entertaining summer spectacle entertainment is no easy task. You have to make it big and bold enough to engage the masses but have it not insult their intelligence at the same time. Lately these attempts at blockbuster filmmaking have been falling flat for me with a few exceptions but I still had hopes for the latest entry Twisters. My hope was this would be this year’s Top Gun Maverick in taking a property from the past and elevating it to something even better. Unfortunately my hopes were dashed by a film that’s answer to having lead characters that are scientists is to make ever ..read more

Hi friends! I hope you are all doing well and surviving this heat. I’m excited because I finally broke my rough patch and enjoyed some movies for a change! I did a live stream where I talked about what I’ve been watching both stage and screen you might enjoy. But here are some mini reviews of what I’ve been watching FLY ME TO THE MOON Lately it seems like we are getting a lot of movies that are sold as rom-coms and look like rom-coms but when I actually watch them they are at best rom-com adjacent. Such is the case with Fly Me to the Moon which is more historical fiction drama than it is a r ..read more

Here’s a confession. I’ve never really liked the feeling of being scared. The panic, the insecurity. I understand why some would enjoy the jolt of such an experience but it’s just never been for me. This is why I do not enjoy haunted houses or similar experiences where they try to startle me or make me uncomfortable. With this understanding for years I assumed I’m not a horror movie person. I don’t like being scared therefore I must not like horror movies.. right? Here’s the thing I’ve learned over the last few years… Most horror movies aren’t scary… At least not in the haunted house variety I ..read more

Hi everyone! I hope you are having a nice summer and I certainly hope you are enjoying summer movies more than I am. I don’t know what’s wrong with me lately but I have just not been enjoying what Hollywood has been offering. I liked Inside Out 2, Hit Man and a few indies but not much more than that. Hopefully July will be better but sometimes we as critics go through rough patches but they are usually followed by good stretches where we like everything. Fingers crossed. Today I have 5 reviews and all 5 I didn’t enjoy much   Like I said it happens sometimes. All I can do is be honest and ..read more

Every so often with this blind spot series the backstory behind a film is more interesting than the actual film itself. Nowhere is that  more true than for The Magnificent Ambersons from 1942. In a weird way the fact the film was basically stolen from Orson Welles and edited within an inch of its life by RKO makes it more memorable than it might have ever ever normally been. I suppose that is hard to say because we can’t view his original vision which was 40 minutes longer with a different ending but it certainly couldn’t have been as vanilla and bland as the finished product the studio c ..read more

Hi everyone! I hope you are doing well. I have been crazy busy this month with my normal responsibilities plus I have taken on 2 part-time temporary jobs at Canyon School District, which has been a big learning experience (very positive!) I have had the chance to catch a few new releases as well as the very disappointing 3rd season of Bridgerton. I will be writing more about that in the future (my reviews of season 1 and 2 (as well as Queen Charlotte) are some of my favorite pieces for this site. In the meantime, please listen to the breakdown with my friends on Hallmarkies Podcast  But ..read more

BAD BOYS: RIDE OR DIE I’m not sure what I expected from my first exposure to the Bad Boys franchise but what I got in Bad Boys: Ride or Die was definitely different. Whether it is in keeping with the rest of the franchise I’ll obviously leave for others to determine (my friends who are fans seem very happy with it so I guess so?) I suppose I was anticipating a lot of action and pithy banter between our two leads. What I got instead was a lot of shouting, an existential crisis with a near-death afterlife experience and only momentary action that was shot in the most bizarre ways. When it leans ..read more