Incomprehensible from the first frame and devoid of most of the charm that made the first one such a success, Kingsman: The Golden Circle is just a slog of a film that even the brilliant Pedro Pascal and Taron Egerton can’t make totally enjoyable. The Kingsman franchise is very much all about style from the
So every so often with these Wayback Wednesday pieces, I want to revisit particular film years to see if I still feel the way I once did. This should be a monthly thing and given the myriad of anniversaries that come up, it could be really fun. 2012 was a pretty interesting year for me.
Man, they just don’t make spy thrillers like they used to. American Assassin, the latest and not greatest entry into the pantheon of American spy films, hit cinemas this weekend with some intriguing elements. A new star, a great character actor, a bajillion book series, were all in play to make the movie work. However,
How does one even begin to review a film like Darren Aronofsky’s mother!, a complete mind fuck of an experience? Well, you’d probably start by cursing like I did, you might attempt to put together coherent thoughts about it like I will, or you could just stew on the film (which you should) because after
Though I wasn’t able to make it to the theaters to see the 40th anniversary re-release, I decided that popping in my blurry of Close Encounters of the Third Kind would suffice for this week’s Wayback Wednesday. After this rewatch it’s safe to say that Close Encounters of the Third Kind is the only movie
Two film festivals down, many more to go. We have officially entered into the Oscar predicting season. Toronto is ahead followed by NYFF and AFI, which will probably make these predictions hilarious in hindsight. Anyways here are my thoughts and Oscar predictions: The surest thing amongst anyone’s predictions is Dunkirk showing up in a ton