I disliked Jonathan Liebesman’s Battle: LA a lot, which on the face of it might seem a bit contradictory because I tend to like war films, with Hamburger Hill, The Big Red One, Platoon, Full Metal Jacket and Apocalypse Now being among my favorites. My problem with Liebesman’s movie is that it appears to revel […]
A week or so ago Netflix released the first season of Ghost In The Shell: SAC_2045, originally created by Matsamune Shirow and while I don’t think he had anything to do with this iteration, for the most part it remains remains faithful to the themes explored in Shirow’s work (such as post-humanity and the intersection […]
Showtime decided to put the first episode of their upcoming series, Penny Dreadful: City Of Angels on Youtube, which as far as I can tell has minor edits (cursing, nudity and overt displays of violence though besides the fairly obvious blurring out of certain details– which happens though isn’t particularly common–it’s hard to tell when […]
I can’t necessarily define what a horror movie is for everyone, but by most definitions IT: Chapter 2 isn’t one. It isn’t terribly scary or suspenseful, relies way too much on CGI instead of building atmosphere and tension and at two hours and 49 minutes is way, WAY, too long. Fortunately, it’s good-looking and well-acted […]
I enjoyed John Logan’s Penny Dreadful, which ran on Showtime from 2014-2016, which is why I’m confused by the trailer for Penny Dreadful: City Of Angels. As far as I can tell it not only has nothing at all to do with the terrain covered by the original series, but none of the actors makes […]
Netflix’s Outer Banks is a new YA (young adult) series that–as I mention in my review–plays like an above average episode of Scooby Doo. And that’s okay because I enjoyed that cartoon though I’m not accustomed to seeing it seemingly treated in Riverdale fashion (though it’s oddly more faithful). And while I don’t necessarily think […]
Jon Turteltaub’s The Meg isn’t a terrible movie–that would imply some sort of drive, of ambition–it’s just so intent on doing it’s damnedest to not offend that it’s just a bit boring. That’s not to say that there’re no thrilling or humorous moments–there are–but they’re scattered among a pretty generic plot that’s so rife with […]
Hellraiser as a franchise that has been in decline for years. While the screenplays for the first two movies had the benefit of the participation of Clive Barker–writer of The Hellbound Heart, which the movie was based as well as director and story writer on the second–the third movie, Hellraiser III: Hell On Earth, was […]
Christian’s Gudegast’s Den Of Thieves isn’t the sort of movie that breaks new ground. It is what it is, a well-acted ensemble police procedural starring Gerard Butler, Pablo Schrieber and Curtis Jackson. And that’s okay because when something works as well as this does you don’t need fancy gimmicks or showiness to get your point […]
Because let’s be clear, 2016’s The Girl With All The Gifts isn’t a zombie movie in the same way 2002’s 28 Days Later and it’s sequel also aren’t zombie movies (a zombie is by definition undead–as in dead, yet still walking. In either movie that’s not the case) but it does follow the tropes of […]
