I really liked A Monster Calls.
First off, this movie bombed at the box office, and I completely see why. It's a PG-13 movie focused on grief but with all the trimmings of a kids movie. Sort of begs the question, who was this for?
Well, I liked it. It's fantastical, the visual effects are solid, and Liam Neeson does a great job voicing the "monster".
The plot focuses on a young boy whose mom is slowly wasting away from…
A heavily (and I mean heavily) fictionalized account of the eponymous Ip Man, a martial artist who pioneered the Wing Chun style and took on several notable pupils, including Bruce Lee.
Without spoiling anything in the movie, there's a phenomenal fight scene where Ip Man takes on ten Karate black belts. Not only is the action brutal and intense, but the emotional depth of the plot is there in a way that some kung fu movies never explore. Ip Man…
