Category: Cinema
Review: “Wonder Woman”
brb…moving to Themyscira
Read More Review: “Wonder Woman”Review: “The Circle”
TONE. TONE. TONE.
Read More Review: “The Circle”Review: “Free Fire”
It may have pacing problems, but there’s no denying “Free Fire” has got some seriously good actors keeping it afloat.
Read More Review: “Free Fire”Review: The Lost City of Z
TL;DW – Beautifully shot and meditative in mood, The Lost City of Z wasn’t quite the tense story of obsession and madness I thought it would (and could) be.
Read More Review: The Lost City of ZReview: Your Name. (Kimi No Na Wa)
TL;DW – Run, don’t walk to this movie while you can (if you can). I know it’s still got a pretty limited release, but this is a film that you don’t want to miss. Few films are this beautifully done from top to bottom — writing, direction, acting, animation — while also being both profound and […]
Read More Review: Your Name. (Kimi No Na Wa)The Film Was Wide Enough
“Come on, Tom. Let’s finish this the way we started: together.” (Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2) I want to start with this blanket statement: adaptation is not easy, and I know from practical experience as a member of the media industry. Having majored in Digital Video & Cinema at university, I had more […]
Read More The Film Was Wide EnoughFacilis Descensus Averno
Facilis descensus Averno “The descent into Hell is easy.” (Vergil, Aeneid VI.124) The above Vergil epigraph is, of all things, the creed of Cassandra Clare’s Shadowhunters — Nephilim warriors who fight demons unbeknownst to mundanes like you or me within her wildly popular series, The Mortal Instruments. It stresses that, essentially, it’s really easy to go down […]
Read More Facilis Descensus AvernoIn Defense of “Filmamir”
If you happened to read my previous post, “In the Shadow of ‘The Ring’,” you know I’m not the biggest fan of Tolkien. And, if you haven’t read that then, well, now you know: Tolkien and I don’t get along. Bur Peter Jackson and I? We have a much better relationship. Sure, his films can be overlong […]
Read More In Defense of “Filmamir”Thou Shalt Not Suffer a Witch
CAVEAT EMPTOR: The following post will contain spoilers for specific incidents in HBO’s series, Game of Thrones, from Seasons 5-6. You have been warned. “Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live.” (Exodus 22:18) Game of Thrones has now concluded its sixth season in what can only be described as “epic” fashion. And while I would […]
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