Scott's Self-Indulgent Movie Podcast

While Apex has the thrills of the survival thriller down, its human center needs work. Read more at: https://scottsself-indulgentmovieblog.blogspot.com/.

Karl Urban's Johnny Cage injects Mortal Kombat II with some fun, self-aware life. Read more at: https://scottsself-indulgentmovieblog.blogspot.com/.

While Ronan Day-Lewis demonstrates solid directing instincts, he and his father are let down by Anemone's script. Read more at: https://scottsself-indulgentmovieblog.blogspot.com/.

It's time to start ignoing Tarantino. Read more at: https://scottsself-indulgentmovieblog.blogspot.com/.

Casino Royale's torture scene is vitally important to Craig's take on Bond. Read more at: https://scottsself-indulgentmovieblog.blogspot.com/.

It Ends argues that acceptance of life's absurdity and happiness are not exclusive ideas. And I found that beautiful. Read more at: https://scottsself-indulgentmovieblog.blogspot.com/.

Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere is brooding biopic that lacks dramatic heft. Read more at: https://scottsself-indulgentmovieblog.blogspot.com/.

While there's the bones of a couple good movies in here, Lee Cronin's The Mummy needs more character and less blood. Read more at: https://scottsself-indulgentmovieblog.blogspot.com/.

Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre is Guy Ritchie on autopilot. Here's why. Read more at: https://scottsself-indulgentmovieblog.blogspot.com/.

Rewatching Mad Max: Fury Road hit harder today in ways I didn't expect. Read more at: https://scottsself-indulgentmovieblog.blogspot.com/.

By making the initial movie's exploitative appeal core to its message, Faces of Death is the rare remake/reimagining that improves on the source material. Read more at: https://scottsself-indulgentmovieblog.blogspot.com/.

Decidedly tongue-in-cheek and well crafted from start to finish, Normal is an easy recommendation for action fans. Read more at: https://scottsself-indulgentmovieblog.blogspot.com/.

If you're looking for a fun R-rated action romp with a silly idea and a feminist bent, Pretty Lethal will get the job done. Read more at: https://scottsself-indulgentmovieblog.blogspot.com/.

With a solid premise and ruinously effective execution, Obsession delivers what might be 2026's signature bad time at the movies. Read more at: https://scottsself-indulgentmovieblog.blogspot.com/.

While the end product is watchable, the jarring shifts in tone and quality make Shadow Force hard to recommend. Read more at: https://scottsself-indulgentmovieblog.blogspot.com/.

Even as an ironic watch Return to Silent Hill was a chore. Watch at your own risk. Read more at: https://scottsself-indulgentmovieblog.blogspot.com/.

Fackham Hall has plenty of laughs and takes more than enough swings at its genre targets to land. Read more at: https://scottsself-indulgentmovieblog.blogspot.com/.

With a somber twist on the genre, We Bury the Dead breathes unexpected life in the zombie flick. Read more at: https://scottsself-indulgentmovieblog.blogspot.com/.

Happy Gilmore 2 squanders a promising premise for empty gags and cameos. Read more at: https://scottsself-indulgentmovieblog.blogspot.com/.

Hulk Hogan: Rea American is a glorified fluff piece designed to whitewash Hogan's entire career for the sake of the WWE. Read more at: https://scottsself-indulgentmovieblog.blogspot.com/.

Behind a charismatic cast and fun idea, Cold Storage does enough to entertain. Read more at: https://scottsself-indulgentmovieblog.blogspot.com/.

Project Hail Mary is equal parts hilarious and uplifting. Read more at: https://scottsself-indulgentmovieblog.blogspot.com/.

I Don't Understand You seems like it should be right up my alley...and it decidedly was not. Read more at: https://scottsself-indulgentmovieblog.blogspot.com/.

Send Help delivers crucial character background in an unconventional way...humiliation. Read more at: https://scottsself-indulgentmovieblog.blogspot.com/.

With a punchy thematic core and a stellar lead performance from Rachel McAdams, Send Help is the best kind of over-the-top fun. Read more at: https://scottsself-indulgentmovieblog.blogspot.com/.

War Machine is equal parts cynical military propaganda and Predator knock off. Read more at: https://scottsself-indulgentmovieblog.blogspot.com/.

By blending genres, Strange Harvest creates a suitably unsettling horror flick. Read more at: https://scottsself-indulgentmovieblog.blogspot.com/.

Thief is an underrated gem from 1981 that also contains all of Michael Mann's crime movie building blocks. Read more at: https://scottsself-indulgentmovieblog.blogspot.com/.

Marty Supreme is a movie I liked less, the more I thought about it. Read more at: https://scottsself-indulgentmovieblog.blogspot.com/.

Ready or Not 2: Here I Come offers more of the darkly funny fun of its predecessor. Read more at: https://scottsself-indulgentmovieblog.blogspot.com/.

28 Years: The Bone Temple takes the franchise in fascinating and fun new directions. Read more at: https://scottsself-indulgentmovieblog.blogspot.com/.

Oh Hi! is a darkly funny rom-com deconstruction. Read more at: https://scottsself-indulgentmovieblog.blogspot.com/.

Today I'm talking about Jean-Pierre Melville's Le Samouraï and why it's a classic. Read more at: https://scottsself-indulgentmovieblog.blogspot.com/.

Behind Chopra's winning lead performance and a novel take on period action, The Bluff easily overcomes its limitations. Read more at: https://scottsself-indulgentmovieblog.blogspot.com/.

While Shelter is generally effective action flick, it lacks the same punch as Statham's best. Read more at: https://scottsself-indulgentmovieblog.blogspot.com/.

I can't like or love How To Train Your Dragon. Not because it's bad, but because it's existence is an indictment of the movie industry right now. Read more at: https://scottsself-indulgentmovieblog.blogspot.com/.

Today I dissect Tim Burton's black comedy bomb Mars Attacks! Read more at: https://scottsself-indulgentmovieblog.blogspot.com/.

I'm talking about the twists in The Housemaid and why I found them so effective. Read more at: https://scottsself-indulgentmovieblog.blogspot.com/.

Graciously filling a niche that Hollywood has been missing, The Housemaid is the exact kind of trashy fun, I've been hoping for. Read more at: https://scottsself-indulgentmovieblog.blogspot.com/.

While Ethan Hawke's central performance is enough to recommend the movie, Blue Moon could use more of the same incisive wit as its main subject. Read more at: https://scottsself-indulgentmovieblog.blogspot.com/.

The King Tide mines is intriguing premise for maximum tension. Read more at: https://scottsself-indulgentmovieblog.blogspot.com/.

With enough cast chemistry and tension to sustain itself, The Rip easily overcomes its narrative and action shortcomings. Read more at: https://scottsself-indulgentmovieblog.blogspot.com/.

Today I'm going to explain why Blue Streak made me very nostalgic. Read more at: https://scottsself-indulgentmovieblog.blogspot.com/.

Something about this movie didn't click for me. Today I try find out why Edgar Wright's The Running Man left me wanting. Read more at: https://scottsself-indulgentmovieblog.blogspot.com/.

While it can't match the original's foreboding tone, Black Phone 2 makes solid use of its talented young cast and premise. Read more at: https://scottsself-indulgentmovieblog.blogspot.com/.

While the execution doesn't hit its stride until later, Bone Lake is a novel take on the erotic thriller/horror flick. Read more at: https://scottsself-indulgentmovieblog.blogspot.com/.

2018's Widows highlights the work women are forced to do in the wake up of awful men. Read more at: https://scottsself-indulgentmovieblog.blogspot.com/.

Today I pay tribute to the recently departed Robert Duvall. Read more at: https://scottsself-indulgentmovieblog.blogspot.com/.

The Beavis and Butthead movies demonstrate the craft required to write a movie for one note characters. Read more at: https://scottsself-indulgentmovieblog.blogspot.com/.

Very well constructed and darkly funny, No Other Choice is an excellent change of pace for both our star and director. Read more at: https://scottsself-indulgentmovieblog.blogspot.com/.

Nuremberg features a powerful scene with timely ideas. Read more at: https://scottsself-indulgentmovieblog.blogspot.com/.