André Øvredal is the director of movies like The Autopsy of Jane Doe (2010) and Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark (2019) and while I think Autopsy is a creepier movie that Scary Stories, both are pretty enjoyable in their own right. Now the Norwegian director appears to be taking on superheroes with Mortal. […]
For a long time I didn’t understand the career of Paul WS Anderson. I mean his movies aren’t terrible but neither were they particularly good either and whenever you thought he might be reaching for something more like in Event Horizon (1997) or Soldier (1998), he quickly reminded you that subtext mattered about as much […]
Women directors aren’t exactly a known quantity as far as action movies go, and I suspect that that’s less a commentary on their ability to do the job than preconceived notions about what they as women can and cannot do. And that’s a shame though it’s also a trend that’s beginning to change. And speaking […]
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 […]
The trailer dropped for Disney’s Jungle Cruise earlier today and like most movies based on theme park rides I could care less (I’m serious. I don’t think I’ve even sat though any of The Pirates Of The Caribbean movies in their entirety). That is, till I saw the cast. Emily Blunt, Dwayne Johnson, Paul Giamatti, […]
I didn’t hate Michael Cuesta’s American Assassin though I didn’t like it either. The movie is well-shot and cast with great actors like David Suchet, Michael Keaton, Scott Adkins and Sanaa Lathan and yet somehow manages to fall apart, particularly in the third act, which replaces some interesting human drama with James Bond-ish antics. Though […]
Sony is an interesting studio as of late. While Universal is busy piling money in a pile–and burning it–producing stinkers likes Cats and Dolittle Sony is apparently on a tear, following up Jumanji: The Next Level, Zombieland: Double Tap with Once Upon A Time In Hollywood and most recently, Bad Boys for Life (which isn’t […]
As you’ve probably guessed from my reaction trailer, I think Tom Cruise is an odd dude. I don’t hate him–he seems genuinely like a kind person–but the thing is virtually everything about Cruise is designed (and I use that word deliberately) to create an impressions. He’s almost a person as art and I find that […]
Michael Bay’s 6 Underground isn’t a good movie, though it is interesting, with some great human and car-based stunts. It’s also really expensive–and looks it–coming in around $150 million according to Screenrant. And I believe it, between the stunts and the locations, this movie oozes money. My question is why couldn’t a little more of […]
When I caught Spider-Man: Far From Home in theaters I admit that I was in it primarily for Mysterio, one of my favorite villains. That being said, I didn’t expect to be introduced to the latest Sony/Marvel superhero sensation, Night Monkey! Easily the best thing about the movie, Night Monkey may not be a name […]
