Adil El Arbi & Bilall Fallah’s Bad Boys For Life is a movie that cost $90 million to produce, yet somehow manages to look cheap. Which in an odd way is a feat. And as much as one can criticize Michael Bay–the director of the prior two movies in the franchise–there’s no denying that his […]
I was thinking as I watched the first three episodes of Snowpiercer–based on the 2013 movie directed by Bong Joon Ho (The Host, Parasite), in turn based on the French graphic novel, Le Transperceneige–I wondered why would anyone make a continuing series based on it? That’s not to say that TNT’s interpretation is bad–in the […]
H.G. Wells’ War Of The Worlds has to be among one of the most adapted science fiction novels ever written. I can recall seven off the top of my head–including the subject of this post–though I’m reasonably certain there’re a few that have escaped my notice. This version takes place in various countries in Europe–of […]
If you’ve seen monster movies like Underwater you probably noticed that they’re not exactly known for their complexity. And that’s fine–not every movie needs complexity–though it’s also nice to see filmmakers try to do something atypical with the concept every once in awhile. Which leads me to Willian Eubank’s Underwater, which on the face of […]
Major Spoilers Below This is my second review for Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala’s The Lodge–the first consisted mainly of praise for the movie–though this time I really dedicated myself to an interpretation. The first time around I also didn’t want to spoil it for anyone who hadn’t seen it, but it’s been on Hulu […]
Sam Mendes’ (Skyfall, Spectre) 1979 is a very good war film, though rarely ever feels as unrestrained, as chaotic as it needs (and likely should) to be. Somewhere in the ballpark of 40 million people died in World War I though trench warfare was a particularly brutal aspect of that war, with an instance of […]
I don’t typically review more than a movie at a time, but considering what I’m working with I figure that I would make an exception because these two movies are essentially the same, except for “minor” details. And while that detail isn’t a small thing, it’s not enough of a differentiator to warrant a separate […]
