Universal
2.39:1
Color
35mm
15
“The four of us are here to prevent the apocalypse”
To see the man who gave me Split and Glass to continue to succeed is ever so heartwarming. M. Night Shyamalan‘s Knock at the Cabin is a tense gripping tale of suspense and constant emotional engagement. Partly down to the writing which digs ever so deeper with layers of emotional pull but secondly due to the often expertise of it’s all round cast with such…
20th Century
1.85:1
Color
AXS-R7
12a
“Why so Blue?“
Unfortunately, Avatar: Way of Water feels more in a similar vein to something like Avatar: Christmas Vacation. Sadly, all Cameron does here is change the scenery and add even more running time of soaking his ego in this pretty but empty little world. Starting with the positives, this looks phenomenal. It is utterly gorgeous in each individual frame throughout the entire running time. That aside, this venture feels quite wasteful and…
Lionsgate
2.39:1
Colour
Codex
15
“Man has to look his best when its time to get married, or buried”
Utterly exquisite. John Wick: Chapter 4 earns every second of its monstrous running time with a feature that revels in beautifully told action drama. The set-pieces and action sequences consistently grow and evolve to level of superb choreography and composition. What surprises here is the emotional depth and layers Chad Stahelski empowers within this feature. Poignant and never passive, Stahelski‘s film…
NETFLIX (ULTRA 4K)
2.39:1
Color
AXS-R7 (6K)
15
“What's that, for your little serial killer wall?”
Much more should be expected from The Man From Toronto especially with the powers that be in Harrelson and Hart. The duo are a strange dynamic with very little to show for it aside from the above “strange”. It feels as often the film rests on the morals of being shock value than being genuinely funny. Each to one’s own regarding the comedic value but…
Disney + Lucasfilm. Vue Extreme Cinema
2.39:1
Color
35mm + 65mm + Codex
12
2D
“Let the past die. Kill it, if you have to”
Rian Johnson’s The Last Jedi is a bitterly disappointing, flat, tiresome, and ultimately disastrous attempt at wanting to stand out against the norm. The tone is completely utterly wrong for such a massively important episode in a franchise that needs to go darker and embrace it. It has no clue of what it wants to…
VENICE 2019
”Is it just me, or is it getting crazier out there?”
Phoenix is phenomenal. Dark, gritty & fucking crazy Joker is more on the lines of Mean Streets than Taxi Driver but is clearly heavily influenced on the latter. It all looks to be serving a masterclass, but Phillips stumbles in the last hurdle with the film not knowing if it wants to stand alone as its own entity or be enticed and constricted by the lore that surrounds it.
80
