Avengers: Endgame is a movie of moments. Its predecessor Infinity War was a movie of minutes. The former felt a bit like Marvel homework as most seconds were spent placing pieces across a chess board for a game the audience didn’t get to play. Despite the interesting and dramatic choice of framing its villain as…
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“A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms” Review: ‘Hell of a Night’
This was an unquestionably good episode of Game of Thrones, the best in years (qualified praise since there’s only been a handful of episodes), and this is what TV from a cultural standpoint is all about. Well received, good non-clunky fan service and payoffs. When a show can just film people talking in a dimly…
‘Triple Frontier’ Solidifies Netflix’s Quantity Over Quality Approach
Logline: A group of former Special Operations soldiers get more than they bargained for when they reunite for a heist job of a South American crime boss. Directed by J.C. Chandor / Written by J.C. Chandor and Mark Boal / Produced by Charles Roven / a Netflix Film / an Atlas Entertainment Production Starring: Ben…
‘The Girl in the Spider’s Web’ spins the franchise wheel
I have never seen so many talented people make such an average film. Fede Alvarez who made the awful but appropriate Evil Dead remake and the excellent Don’t Breathe stepped into shoes previously occupied by David Fincher, a director who many YouTube/ Redditors commented upon seeing the trailer for this film should’ve been hired to complete…
‘The Cabin in the Woods’ Director Does a Tarantino Imitation w/ Bad Times at the El Royale
Written and Directed By Drew Goddard l Cinematography By Seamus McGarvey l Music By Michael Giacchino l A Twentieth Century Fox Production l in Association w/ TSG Entertainment Group l Jon Hamm l Dakota Johnson l Chris Hemsworth l Jeff Bridges l Cailee Spaeny l Lewis Pullman l Cynthia Erivo l Nick Offerman l Bad…
‘A Star Is Born’ Has All the Right Ingredients to Make It One of the Best Films of the Year
Directed By: Bradley Cooper/ Written By: Eric Roth, Bradley Cooper & Will Fetters/ Based on the 1976 Screenplay by Frank Pierson, John Gregory Dunne & Joan Didion, based on the 1954 screenplay by Moss Hart, based on a story by William Wellman and Robert Carson/ Starring Bradley Cooper, Lady Gaga, Sam Elliot, Dave Chapelle, and…
66/100: for 1:08 of Its 2:01 Running Time “Mandy” Is a Boring Slog
It’s Shakespeare meets Death Metal after Nicolas Cage’s girlfriend gets taken, but getting to the longest ever opening title after an hour in is a tough recommendation to give. It’s a late night streaming oddity that definitely isn’t my taste but I appreciate the unique visual style, even if the 80’s throwback tone is tiring,…
Tom Cruise Is His Own Worst Enemy in the Glossy, Convoluted, Entertaining ‘Mission Impossible: Fallout’
“I got to hand it to you Hunt when they told me you were your own worst enemy I thought it was a metaphor.” – I.M.F. Director Hunley Tom Cruise is my favourite actor. His best roles are usually the ones which subvert his squeaky clean image. P.T. Anderson shaped Cruise’s early appeal as a…
Denzel Sequelizes The Equalizer
I don’t think there is any actor who is as effortlessly charismatic as Denzel Washington. Put his character which often doubles for his personality in any situation and he can act like he belongs. Denzel carries The Equalizer II even more so than the overrated first film which got a few style points off being…
Jurassic World ‘Fallen Kingdom’ Is Reverse-Darwinism, Survival of the Most Idiotic
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom opens beneath the surface of a flooded park as some nervous and partially oblivious corporate goons search for not so ancient dinosaur bones. The less nervous one says to the other, “Don’t worry! Anything that survived here is long dead by now.” You would think that, but it’s only been 3…
The Pixar Factory Does Another Nostagic Reprint in ‘Incredibles 2’
Out of all the sequels Pixar fans have been clamoring for the most, Incredibles 2 easily tops the list. To the fact that superhero movies are even more popular than they were 13 and a half years ago when the original debuted the year of Spider-Man 2, it’s a bit disappointing this film doesn’t have more to say about…
With ‘Solo’, the Star Wars Brand Hits a New Low
There was a lot of skepticism in the air going into this movie; the changing of directors midway through and Academy Award Winner Ron Howard, arguably the most accomplished director to helm a Star Wars movie re-shooting about 80% of the film. Accepting the increasingly event-less nature Disney has made Star Wars, I went into…
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