There might not be a more delightful movie you’ll see this year than Disney’s Big Hero 6. It’s nice to be able to go into a film and just thoroughly enjoy the twists and turns, and be filled with a sense of wonder and awe and this movie delivers that in spades.
Birdman‘s full title is Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) but it should probably be called Birdman or (How a Movie Can Have Great Elements and Still Not Work). That’s probably the best way to describe the movie which admittedly has some amazing elements that can’t be denied. It certainly has a startling vision from director Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, wonderful cinematography from Emmanuel Lubezki, one of the best sound mixes I’ve ever heard and some delightful performances and yet…I left the movie feeling unwhelmed and detached. This isn’t to say that a movie has to be crowd pleasing or warm, but I felt the movie kept me at a distance and didn’t let me fully embrace the spikes and dementedness.
There probably won’t be a film to hit in September that will be more entertaining than The Maze Runner.
You guys, Guardians of the Galaxy is what we were all hoping it would be. A fun, thrilling, pop colored concotion of fun jokes, thrilling action, and a rag tag group of heroes that include a talking raccoon and a sentient tree. Marvel has figured out the perfect way to tap into our inner fan and with Guardians of the Galaxy has found a great film to fits its mold and expand the universe.
So…uh…I kinda didn’t like Dawn of the Planet of the Apes. That’s probably the best place to start off this review, and also because I don’t really know a better way to get into it. After the wonder that was Rise of the Planet of the Apes, this movie is this new reboot feels akin to Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest, a boring film with some good sequences that doesn’t quite capture the magic of its predecessor.
Originally published at ScottFeinberg.com I don’t think I can recall having as transformative screening experience at a film festival as I did with Boyhood. This new film from Richard Linklater was a picture 12 years in the making and the finished product is a wonderfully epic sojourn into the life of a child as he grows