The Slender Man meme (created by Eric Knudsen) is one of the first instances I am aware of of an idea started on a message board not only taking on an uncanny life of its own, but contributing to a very real murder. So this movie has a lot to live up to. Looking at […]
A lot of people seem to take a perverse joy in watching Nicholas Cage overacting style of acting, but it typically it doesn’t move me. Though what’s worse is that it feels to me Cage is being mocked, which is sad becaus he clearly trusts in his directors enough that he’s willing to swing for […]
This trailer confuses me. To start it looks very Beauty and the Beast–a movie, much to my surprise, I enjoyed–crossed with any of the Narnia movies (The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe, The Voyage of the Dawn Trader, take your pick). Then there’s the whole ‘Four Realms’ stuff, which makes me wonder if this and […]
Sony is in a really curious place as far as their licensed Marvel Comics characters go. Spider-Man himself is currently being very well-managed by Marvel Studios, who’re essentially producing movies gratis for Sony–so they’re building a branch of the SpiderVerse that doesn’t include him. Which is a bit problematic because the characters that they’re building […]
I want to trust this trailer. After all, The Midnight Man stars Lin Shaye and Robert England (likely in supporting roles, but still) in a story about teens doing what it is that teens do, which typically (in horror movies, at any rate) is meddle with things that they shouldn’t. My uncertainty about The Midnight […]
I recall that someone explained why it is that Japanese people in anime don’t look particularly Japanese, but I don’t recall the explanation (which implies that it didn’t particularly resonate for me). I should mention that my feeling also doesn’t apply to all anime. Characters from the works of Hayao Miyzaki appear distinctly Japanese (in terms […]
I have to admit that this trailer brought a smile to my face; which I honestly didn’t expect because as of late Star Wars movies have become known for the drama behind the scenes than on the screen since becoming a part of Disney. And dissatisfaction with a director or the way a story seems […]
1993’s kaiju versus giant robots epic Pacific Rim never appeared to find its audience domestically–earning three times more ($102 million vs $309 million) at the foreign box office (primarily China). And it’s hard to understand why, epecially when you take into account it had more heart and was more clever in it’s first five minutes the […]
I like this trailer a lot though what’s most interesting (at least to me) is that it reminded me of Gareth Edwards’ Monsters except unlike in the case of that movie stuff seems to actually happen. Story-wise it looks like some sort of alien consciousness has arrived on Earth, with it’s presence seeming changing the […]
I saw The Maze Runner in theaters, and DESPISED it. It wasn’t a bad movie, was visually attractive and for the most part competently-made. So what’s the problem? I found it terribly insulting at times–the glade the characters were in was surrounded by a huge wall, but in the very same scene you see […]
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