Following Underworld: Blood Wars, the first stop on my January Tour of Terribleness, is The Bye Bye Man, a movie that is far worse but which I liked far more. You could say that this thing is so bad that it’s good, but if you did you’d be wrong. It’s so bad that its badness becomes spectacle and … Continue reading
Posted on January 22, 2017 …
Review: Underworld: Blood Wars, 2016, dir. Anna Foerster
What better way to kick off my 2017 than by taking a break from watching important films of substance (and, for the most part, high quality!) to watching movies like, well, this? It isn’t a secret that I think the entire Underworld series is awful, and it’s less a secret that its awfulness is a sore point … Continue reading
TV Review: Taboo, Episode 1.01
Since Brooklyn Nine-Nine is taking a break until April (April!), I’m satisfying my weekly TV recap cravings by reviewing Taboo, that wacky-ass Tom Hardy show on FX. It’s not bad! It’s also not great. The pilot starts off strong, and as you’ll see in recaps since, it stumbles a bit from being overburdened by plot; maybe if … Continue reading