Reviews

Road House (2024)

Road House is a cult classic late 80’s action movie starring the late Patrick Swayze as the legendary bouncer Dalton as he has to clean up a town by protecting one bar. For many, this older movie is untouchable, and for me it wasn’t a thing other than Sam Elliott looking cool as hell. So…

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Ignorant Bliss: Polite Society, Carmen, and Peter Pan & Wendy review

Polite Society is a fun and playful homage to 70s martial arts film that also mixes in Jane Austin-style romance and early 2000s teen comedies. The core sister relationship of Ria and Lena ties this fun remix of styles together to make a great theater experience. Grade: B Carmen feels like an interpolation of the…

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Ignorant Bliss: Super Mario Bros. Review

Alright, let me tell everyone from the jump I’m biased on this. Donkey Kong and Super Mario Bros. are some of the earliest memories in my life. Playing games with these characters are dearer to me than superhero comics, so after suffering in middle school with the old 1993 movie, I just expected that there…

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Ignorant Bliss: A thousand and One review

A fantastic performance from Teyana Taylor anchors this film about a mother and son that goes in ways you wouldn’t expect…

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Ignorant Bliss: Dungeons and Dragons – Honor Among Thieves review

They finally have made a good adaptation of this game to film. The film has the right amount of humor and respect for the source that works for those who know it and those who have no idea but want a good time.  B

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Ignorant Bliss: Tetris review

This film goes from plucky tech success stories into an international business and political thriller and back again. It’s nothing as you’d expect from a video game film and is just as engaging as the game is.  B+

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