Netflix’s Elite (2018- ), a series revolving around the lives of (mainly) upper class young adults in Spain as they deal with the travails of making their way in the world and becoming their own people was oftentimes an entertainingly trashy show though I’m more interested in the Indian version, Class, mainly because it takes […]
Is James Gunn playing the game – by which I mean towing the Warner Bros Discovery line – when he and Peter Safran said that the scrapped Batgirl feature was ‘unreleasable?’ I ask because I’ve seen Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah’s Bad Boys For Life, and let’s just say that it wasn’t the most […]
The production slate for James Gunn’s and Peter Safran’s DC Universe was revealed and while the proof is in the pudding, let’s just say I’m a bit confused (when I’m not being underwhelmed). While I think the idea of leading off with a Superman film – Superman: Legacy – is inspired though fairly obvious, The […]
I haven’t been in a hurry, despite being a fan of the work of Octavia Butler, to catch Kindred on Hulu, which in hindsight feels almost like a self-fulfilling prophesy because it’s already been cancelled. That means that I know in advance that it’s going nowhere (Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, who adapted Butler’s writing for the show, […]
I really wanted to love Josh Rubin’s Werewolves Within – because ‘werewolves’ – and I just didn’t. Which isn’t to say that I hated it, but it leans hard into the humor, which I wouldn’t mind quite so much if it worked (even almost) as diligently at the horror. The movie revolves around a Ranger, […]
Production value isn’t something most people think about when watching a movie, though it’s there, and it’s crucial. In this instance I’m referring to vehicles though the same thing can be said about other aspects of production, such as locations, buildings, clothing and physical props. I happened to be watching Freejack, a somewhat cheesy movie […]
I’m not typically into fan-made products because while the love for a particular franchise may come through, the production value doesn’t tend to do the same. And while Superman: Solar isn’t particularly cinematic and the lighting, is at best, uneven, you can tell director/writer Andrew List cares about the character. And that’s a quality missing […]
I’m watching The Nice Guys (2016) and it’s hilarious in a darkly comedic way though it me wonder… Having been written by Shane Black and Anthony Bagarozzi, it really works narratively (which might have something to do with Black having written Lethal Weapon along with Jeffrey Boam. The Nice Guys is essentially a buddy dramedy). […]
I’ve really been getting into New Amsterdam lately – such as the power of Netflix – though the nature of such shows isn’t typically appealing to me, namely they tend to be soapy. And that’s not to say that New Amsterdam doesn’t have its moments but overall it’s dramatic without being overly so. To those […]
I don’t know where the Rian Johnson went who directed Brick (2005) and Looper (2012), but I don’t recognize the Rian Johnson who directed Star Wars: Episode VIII – The Last Jedi (2017) and Knives Out (2019) By my reckoning the latter movies don’t respect either Star Wars or the works of Agatha Christie, which […]
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