The full trailer for Jurassic World was released a few hours ago, and the first thing I noticed was that it’s produced with Legendary Pictures, which was unexpected. What was also a bit unusual was that lots of people being literally eaten by exhibits in the last two films didn’t seem to faze the backers this […]
James Gunn, the director of Guardians Of The Galaxy, has some interesting words for studios that create cinematic universes based on weak properties, and it’s worth reading. I mention it because Jurassic Park has spawned two sequels, Jurassic Park: The Lost World and Jurassic Park III so perhaps the time has arrived for a relaunch […]
Peanuts, based on the beloved cartoons by Charles Schulz, has been beautifully rendered in CGI, though looking at the trailer, I honestly can’t see a pressing reason why (other than virtually all American animation has gone the way of the computer). The characters themselves were never terribly distinctive–visually speaking–as cartoons, so it’s no surprise their CGI […]
I know that this is going to sound odd, but I have a pressing need for Adrián García Bogliano‘s Late Phases to be a entertaining, well-done horror film, of the werewolf sub-genre. For a start, I have seen Bogliano’s Here Comes The Devil, and it’s pretty mediocre. I haven’t yet seen Cold Sweat–it’s currently on #Netflix, though […]
I’ve played the original Dragon Age, if I recall, for less than a half hour before I lost interest. That’s more a commentary on me being really fickle more than anything else. In other words, it doesn’t take much for me to lose interest in something. For instance, if the control scheme is a bit unusual and […]
Maybe it’s just me, but I am getting the feeling that Johnny Depp is coasting just a little bit. I laughed when I saw the trailer the the upcoming Mortdecai–he’s pretty amusing–but you’ve also seen variations of this schtick from him before (particularly in the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise) and I just wish he’d do […]
I am jonsin‘ for a entertaining horror movie. Recently two new ones from Blumhouse Pictures (The Conjuring, Insidious, Insidious 2, etc), Mercy and Mockingbird (review coming soon) turned up on Netflix, and to say that both were underwhelming would be an understatement. Though Blumhouse seems to be innovating in a genre all its own, which is hard […]
I have never been too into the Minions, those daffy pill-shaped things from Despicable Me and its sequel. As you can tell from the picture, whatever the goal the animators were aiming for, any sort of realism wasn’t one of them. That being said, what I find interesting is that, despite the fantastical nature of the […]
Don’t get me wrong, I think Neill Blomkamp is probably one of the most visually innovative directors working today. His films, despite taking place in an undefined future, always have a worn, grimy, lived-in look that’s almost the polar opposite found in other science fiction movies. Almost the anti-Kubrick, if you will and I for […]
I don’t get it. Joe Carnahan is a big-name director. Hell, he’s not only directed movies like The Grey, The A-Team and Smokin’ Aces but the last I heard he was executive producing the hit NBC show, The Blacklist. So how is it that his last movie, Stretch, seemed to bypass theatrical release entirely, and end up on […]
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