A welcome antidote for the Marvel Universe in its dark, rainy, banter-free adultness.
But...I found myself thinking during a few moments in this particular film how kind of inherently silly superhero movies are (ie. wearing capes while working), especially when they're trying not to be and are 3 hours long (ie. "um, can't you see this is actually a serious detective movie steeped in noir filmmaking?"). This left me wondering if I'm just getting too old for this shit.
The…
Pig defies expectations from start to finish. You think the film is heading down a familiar road, but it never goes there with a story and characters that are so fresh and satisfying. You think you're going to get an uncaged Cage, but instead, you get one of his finest, most restrained performances. I understand that this film could be a hard sell, and marketing wanting to conjure a stereotypical revenge-film vibe to draw an audience. However, Sarnoski has actually…
Feels more like a sketch than a finished work when compared to some of Cronenberg's other films (watched this back-to-back with The Fly). Some thought-provoking Cronenbergian ideas and imagery nonetheless.
Only at the most superficial level should The Lost City ever be compared to Romancing the Stone, otherwise your expectations will be set way too high.
Stone is a film from an era where, even in a genre like adventure-romance, filmmakers/studios placed importance on real story with real character development, and providing the audience with genuine adventure and heart.
In this film, there isn't a moment where you aren’t fully aware you are watching a group of movie stars on…
Uhh, the positive reviews for this show are baffling. I've read reviews that have even called it a "masterpiece"? What?
I'm clearly not drinking from the Mike Flanagan chalice and the real miracle is that I actually finished all 7 episodes.
Yes, there are a lot of long, theatrically delivered monologues in this show, you've probably heard. But, the biggest problem is the quality of the acting just isn't there for multiple (even secondary) characters to have multiple monologues. In…
