Recently I watched Denis Villeneuve’s Dune and visually speaking it’s a feast for the eyes and ears (I’ve never been particularly enamored of the work of Hans Zimmer, but he does some really interesting things here). Villeneuve acquits himself admirably exactly for the reason I originally thought he wouldn’t, namely he knows how to compose […]
I didn’t see 2015’s Fantastic Four (otherwise known as ‘Fan4stic’) because I had a problem with Fox’s treatment of the Marvel properties they had licenses to (Daredevil and yes, the X-Men) and apparently I made the right move because it was panned popularly and critically (though the clusterfuck that was the making of the movie […]
I really enjoyed Rupert Bryan’s The Hike mainly because, despite being written and directed by men, it acts in a fashion that doesn’t feels the same as movies of this type typically do, such as I Spit On Your Grave (2010) and The Woman (2011), when wronged women raise Hell on the men that wronged […]
I enjoyed Rick & Morty a lot less when I got the feeling that the writers thought that they was a lot more clever than they actually were. For me this is like a smart person telling you at every conceivable chance how brilliant they are, a sign of insecurity as far as people go […]
As I’ve said before, I grew up reading comics so when I learned earlier this year that one of my favorite characters, Moon Knight, was going to have his own show I have to admit that I was a bit jazzed because he’s one of my favorite characters (and perhaps could even get me to […]
I really wanted to like Alien: Covenant (2017), though if I had to be honest it’s a particularly stupid movie at points where it didn’t need to be, mainly for reasons of ‘movie,’ though to see it you have to manage to look beyond the gorgeous production design and visual effects, both Ridley Scott trademarks. […]
I really liked Harold Ramis’ Groundhog Day (1993) though I always thought that the premise – guy realizes he’s caught in a time loop, seemingly unable to escape – was better suited to horror than comedy. Though it’s an idea that horror movies have used, such as Happy Death Day (2017) and others though none […]
If you’ve ever wanted to see movies like Saw (2004) – or it’s numerous spin-offs – or Hostel (2005), but were turned off by the violence, then maybe the Escape Room movies are for you. They take the puzzle solving of the former movies, the sense of conspiracy from the latter but with only implied […]
I’m still waiting for evidence Warner Bros’ dual release strategy was a successful one because if one were to judge by the returns for Tenet (which might have had something to do with Christopher Nolan releasing his next movie via Universal), Wonder Woman 1984 (which supposedly had a budget around $200 million, yet earned almost […]
When growing up I was one of those kids that really enjoyed Hong Kong action flicks – The Five Deadly Venoms was one of my favorites – and at the time I enjoyed the awkward dubbing, which always felt deliberate and added to my enjoyment. Though as I got older I began to notice that […]
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