I’ve been rewatching Ridley Scott’s Prometheus recently and while his reported weariness of dealing with the Alien is fairly obvious, what bears mentioning is that there are few directors with an eye as all-encompassing, as acute, as Scott’s. From the way its shot to the casting, special effects, prop design and costumes, everything just works […]
I just caught Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania and for the most part I really enjoyed it. And while I have to shoot a review where I’ll go into greater detail, I did want to mention something I saw on Fatman Beyond. Mark didn’t particularly like the movie, but his reasons were a bit weird. […]
As most people who care about such things are probably aware, when Warner Bros was rechristened Warner Bros Discovery, the new owners made cutting costs a priority. One way doing so is cancelling various projects, such as Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah’s Batgirl, which saved the studio $90 million. Though recently James Gunn, the […]
Apparently the sequel to Matt Reeves’ The Batman (2022) is called The Batman – Part II, which is an interesting title considering not only that there was no The Batman – Part I but the first movie didn’t end with an indication that it was the first part of anything. That a sequel was expected […]
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, […]
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 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). […]
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