Scott's Self-Indulgent Movie Podcast

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/.