Not a movie that blows my mind but Black Phone is another solid Blumhouse product. It maybe under values its strongest elements which are the menace of Hawke and the novelty of the phone itself. The movie has to overcome child performances that are spotty and a little sister that is too much Shining. The 70’s aesthetic and Scott Derrickson’s love of Super 8 footage connect perfectly in an era of milk carton missing kid paranoia. If this movie had…
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Elvis 2022
BAZ IS BACK!
J’avoue que mes attentes étaient fiables depuis j’ai vu le Elvis de John Carpenter qui est totalement interminable. C’est un biopic sans l’élan. Avec Baz Luhrmann, chaque élément est couvert de paillettes du logo de Warner Brothers à les tenues roses. L’énergie dans le montage, l’utilisation de la musique moderne avec les morceaux de la vedette (comme un Elephant Love Medely fois dix) et la créativité dans comment vous présentez un récit dans un genre trop répétitif.…
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25th Hour 2002
As a lover of Spike Lee Joints I was always hesitant of 25th Hour. Sure I love Edward Norton whether he's playing Smoochy or a Neo Nazi but a Spike Lee movie with a mostly white cast kept me skeptical. While I still haven't found out what motivated Lee to make it, I'm very glad he did. The film follows Monty, a former drug dealer, on his last free night before going to prison for 7 years. The story is…