I really wanted to like Alien: Covenant (2017), though if I had to be honest it’s a particularly stupid movie at points where it didn’t need to be, mainly for reasons of ‘movie,’ though to see it you have to manage to look beyond the gorgeous production design and visual effects, both Ridley Scott trademarks. […]
I really liked Harold Ramis’ Groundhog Day (1993) though I always thought that the premise – guy realizes he’s caught in a time loop, seemingly unable to escape – was better suited to horror than comedy. Though it’s an idea that horror movies have used, such as Happy Death Day (2017) and others though none […]
If you’ve ever wanted to see movies like Saw (2004) – or it’s numerous spin-offs – or Hostel (2005), but were turned off by the violence, then maybe the Escape Room movies are for you. They take the puzzle solving of the former movies, the sense of conspiracy from the latter but with only implied […]
I’m still waiting for evidence Warner Bros’ dual release strategy was a successful one because if one were to judge by the returns for Tenet (which might have had something to do with Christopher Nolan releasing his next movie via Universal), Wonder Woman 1984 (which supposedly had a budget around $200 million, yet earned almost […]
When growing up I was one of those kids that really enjoyed Hong Kong action flicks – The Five Deadly Venoms was one of my favorites – and at the time I enjoyed the awkward dubbing, which always felt deliberate and added to my enjoyment. Though as I got older I began to notice that […]
Martin Scorsese is without a doubt one of the most storied directors working today. According to IMDB he has helmed some of the most seminal movies of the day, such as Mean Streets (1973), Taxi Driver (1976), Raging Bull (1980), Casino (1995) and many others, as well as music videos for some of the most […]
If you’re someone that likes Marvel movies you’re probably seen or read something that tries to paint Eternals as a disappointment, financially speaking, which is nonsense. I assume that this is because Eternals has just scratched it’s way to $400 million worldwide, which for a Marvel movie is, let’s be honest, a bit underwhelming though […]
While I don’t necessarily think Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining is as great a movie as many of it’s advocates seem to think it is – it’s colder and more calculated than the winter the bulk of the story takes place in – it is effective. Sean King O’Grady’s We Need To Do Something works on […]
There are few things that bug me more than movies that open with ‘Based on a True Story’ because more often than not they’re based so loosely on anything resembling truth that it’s barely relevant – a market James Wan has cornered with The Conjuring and its sequels, which neglect to tell viewers that the […]
I enjoyed the second trailer for Lana Wachowski’s The Matrix Revolutions, though despite my curiosity, I have no intention of seeing it in theaters. That’s because I abhor Warner Bros’ dual release strategy – releasing movies in theaters at the same time they premiere on HBOMax, the streaming platform owned by Warner Media (the parent […]
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