I didn’t see 2015’s Fantastic Four (otherwise known as ‘Fan4stic’) because I had a problem with Fox’s treatment of the Marvel properties they had licenses to (Daredevil and yes, the X-Men) and apparently I made the right move because it was panned popularly and critically (though the clusterfuck that was the making of the movie […]
Roseanne Liang’s Shadow In The Cloud is fascinating for more than a few reasons, though what ranks really high is that despite being directed and co-written (with Max Landis, which brings more than a little bit of baggage) by a woman, it comes off as somewhat condescending towards – wait for it! – women! For […]
David Ayer’s Bright is the ‘fast-talking cop teams up with Orc’ movie we didn’t know we needed. Watching the trailer I’m shocked at how long it feels (I haven’t seen the movie, yet it feels like I already have). I also get the impression that the movie is treating orcs as Ordinary People, except for […]
Davis Ayer’s Bright is a fascinating movie for numerous reasons. The first being that it was directed by Ayer himself, off the box office success of Suicide Squad. Next is that it was written by Max Landis, son of John Landis and a in-demand writer. Though what’s most interesting is that it’s being financed to the […]
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