It seems strange to start my review of The Witch with how I felt by the end, but it seems as good a place as any. In fact, letting you know that I felt shook to my core and completely unable to deal is probably the kind of reassurance one would need when considering whether
At what point does being self-aware of a genre actually start to work against you? This was a question I pondered upon leaving my packed and pretty amped up screening of Deadpool. Surrounded by people who were raving about the film, I found myself in a weird place of feeling like I was giving the movie a bad grade, despite my immense like for the film.
What do you do when a filmmaker that has made some very influential films seems to be stuck in a rut? Well there’s not much to do other than be mad and shake your head, much like this reviewer did upon leaving the 70mm Roadshow screening of The Hateful Eight. This film, as presented to us, finds the director at his most self indulgent and lazy, a man more concerned with the appearance of a good film rather than making one.
Nothing tends to rouse the spirit quite like a seafaring adventure. I’m unsure about what it is but something about being on the water, the isolation and the journeys via the one thing that connects us all, the ocean, that make for wonderful settings for a film. In the Heart of the Sea manages to
Creed is a damn good movie. That’s probably the best way to start this review given the characters’ propensity for speaking plainly and not beating around the bush. Directed with zeal by Ryan Coogler, buoyed by a great technical staff, and ferociously acted by Michael B. Jordan, Tessa Thompson, and Sylvester Stallone, Creed is the year’s biggest surprise, a genuine crowd pleaser.
The Good Dinosaur, Pixar’s second animated film of the year, starts off with an asteroid missing the earth allowing the dinosaurs who roamed this earth to continue living. Unfortunately that asteroid could also be a stand-in for this film, as The Good Dinosaur so badly misses the mark that it will leave you sitting in