To use an adage from an upcoming film, Suburbicon is not a place it’s a people. Very white people to be exact, as is hilariously outline in the welcome to town video at the top of the film. Oh yes, they come from New York to Mississippi to live in the picturesque town, but things
Hello and Happy New Year to you all! I hope you all had a wonderful time last night doing whatever you do. Anyways, welcome to my annual most anticipated films of the year list. This is one of my favorite things to do, despite it driving me insane. The 2017 list is incredibly special cause
There is much discussion about ideas and amazement in Tomorrowland, the new Disney film directed by Brad Bird. And for all intents and purpose, this is an wonder driven movie. Wonder in different worlds, wonder in humanity’s purpose, wonder of technology, all of these come up in the film.However, these ideas never settle into more than words and the scenes in this film fail to cohere into a film. In short, Tomorrowland spends its time concerned about the concept of amazing without actually amazing its audience.
The mystery of why George Clooney’s The Monuments Men was moved from its original December 2013 release date to the first weekend of February has been answered. Unfortunately, it’s not a good answer. The film proves to be at home in the usual sludge of February movies; a major disappointment for a once perceived Oscar
There are moments in Gravity that truly remind you of the power of movies as a medium. Alfonso Cuaron’s space survival epic was built to just wow and the big screen and wow it does, bringing the kind of intensity and wonder that you hope every movie would. But for all of that intensity and virtuoso filmmaking, there’s something that just doesn’t quite connect. It makes for an interesting contrast that the film doesn’t quite manage to make work.