Watching Andor took a long time because Obi-Wan Kenobi and Boba Fett were awful. Andor with more realistic sets and professional Academy Award-nominated co-writers like Beau Willimon, Tony & Dan Gilroy is a step up. The directing by Toby Haynes is a step above Deborah Chow’s work, although that’s not saying much. It still suffers from…
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A Record-Breaking 13 Different Visual F/X Studios Worked on Thor: Love & Thunder
13 different Special FX studios helped deliver Thor to New Asgard
Obi-Wan Kenobi is Mid-Tier Star Wars
Platform: Disney+ Distribution: 6 Episodes (36-53 minutes) Plot: Set in the intervening years between Episodes III and IV, Ben Kenobi (formerly Obi-Wan) looks after the two children of Darth Vader while outrunning the Empire’s Inquisition sent to destroy his kind. Starring: Ewan McGregor, Hayden Christensen, Moses Ingram, Vivien Lyra Blair, Indira Varma, and James Earl Jones as the voice…
Jason Bourne Battles Kylo Ren in ‘The Last Duel’, One of Ridley Scott’s Best
The Last Duel has had an interesting critical climb. Its story flaws are present right upfront. Par for the course for director Ridley Scott whose movies often accompany questionable character logic. Here that uncertainty is utilized for strength in a joint screenplay by Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, and Nicole Holofcener each writing their Rashomon-style parts. Damon…
De Vil Wears Dior: Did Cruella Cure COVID Box-Office Blues?
By: William Hume After keeping its Dalmatians on a leash for over a year Disney finally let the dogs out with a $200 million fashion statement. A best in class crew came together to create an epic costume period piece. Early reactions are rapturous about the fashion and looking at the ensemble that put together…
After 2020, Where Do Hollywood Movies Go From Here?
Now that 2020 is over, and a number of blockbuster films have released post-pandemic such as; TENET, MULAN, and Wonder Woman, we can evaluate.* There’s no speculation. This year was terrible for movies. I am finding it hard to scrape together a top 10 list, I think I will bunch with TV and Video Games….
How Much Soul Has Disney-Pixar Got?
Director: Pete Docter (Inside Out, Up, Monsters Inc.) Kemp Powers Writer: Pete Docter, Mike Jones, Kemp Powers Music By: Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross Jazz Compositions and Arrangements by: Jon Baptiste Soul has a bad screenplay. Initial presumptions of the film being exactly like Inside Out plus Coco are spot on. With unclear story rules and…
With ‘The Mandalorian’ Season Two, Star Wars Finally Climbs Out of the Sarlacc Pit
Written and Directed By: Jon Favreau Music By: Ludwig Goransson Produced By: Kathleen Kennedy and Colin Wilson [Warning Mild Spoilers Ahead] Despite watching the first season as soon as it concluded a year ago, I did not like The Mandalorian and found it overhyped. The idea of making a live action Star Wars TV series…
Mulan is ‘Trite Shite’
3 redeeming qualities of Mulan: The Aspect Ratio, the cool witch makeup, and the casting of Tzi Ma as the father who adds decency to a film that doesn’t offer much. Out of all the Disney remakes, the only one I really like is Cinderella. Rebuilding a 65 year old film whose politics and motivations…
Why ‘Finding Nemo’ is My Favourite
Vote For Nemo in the Ultimate Summer Movie Showdown. I used to be embarrassed to say that Finding Nemo was my favourite movie. I remember seeing it in theatres on June 20th 2003. It was Father’s Day week and my mom had suggested me and my father go for some much needed male bonding time….
The December Edition
A lot of decent Netflix material here.
With ‘Dumbo’, Disney Gives and Gets the Film It Expected
Director: Tim Burton Writer: Ehren Kruger Music: Danny Elfman Production Design: Richard Heinrichs Dumbo may be remembered by film historians as the film that was released during the takeover of 21st Century Fox. Itself a movie about corporate buyers taking over a struggling enterprise, the beautifully romanticized film flopped at the box-office after costing a…
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