In the Shin Ultraman, you have Shinji Higuchi and Hideaki Anno reimagining a beloved Japanese tokusatsu franchise from the 60s. This one feels more like a spiritual successor to DAICON Film’s Return of Ultraman than any other series that has come after it, getting right what makes this franchise special and endearing while also remixing …
Lee Jung-jae, the actor for Squid Game, has made his directorial debut in a Korean film called Hunt where he also plays a spy. Moreover, Lee is an experienced performer who began to act in the mid 1990s and now tries his hand on directing. Thus, one can expect that beneath the layer of obviousness …
What does it take to be a hero? Black Adam, DC’s origin story about a super-violent anti-hero, asks the question; that’s why it is boring and yet trying to answer it in its action scenes. Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson stars as an ancient powerhouse exploding into today with the worst mood and many flashy lightning …
One way to tell the history and introduce heroes to an audience is by making war dramas based on true events. But narrating these stories can be tricky especially when the hero happens to be a black American soldier because it means confronting issues that go beyond those of wartime. However, some of those obstacles …
This is a rowdy skull crusher that comes with the month before Christmas; it wears fierce action might. By making use of generic traits, Tommy Wirkola’s direction pays homage to Die Hard and Home Alone with love, in anticipation of a barbarian Santa – just kidding, no rhymes here! I have no reason for deviating …
It is too bad that Moonshot did not come out a month ago, during the closest thing we have to an official “rom-com season,” as it’s a sly and witty “enemies-to-more” comedy that nicely blends genre tropes with sci-fi snark. Featuring Riverdale/Zack & Cody’s Cole Sprouse and Deadly Class Lana Condor, Moonshot, which takes place …
As far as high school romances and coming-of-age tales are concerned, Crush is one of the least gripping – largely because it shoots for an alarmingly low target. It’s a minimalist kind of film with scant story or aesthetic goals except to allow its delightful young stars to engage in some fairly entertaining, vulgar-infused conversations …
Hulu comedy The Valet unfortunately bears the weight of having a trailer that is almost impossible to watch with all its jokes which are so bad they make you either keep quiet or go into a protracted sigh. However, as a 120-minute long film, the final product feels punishing for different reasons, despite having more …
Back in 2007, Enchanted gave an interesting twist to the story of a fairy tale bringing out that everybody’s happily ever after looks different no matter what the storybooks say. In addition to that new perspectives came with songs that have stuck around our minds up to this day as well as an “I am …
Believe it or not, one of the most painfully beautiful love and loss stories you will ever see this year, if not any other year, is about a dog and a robot with rust. Robot Dreams is a film based on Sara Varon’s delightful graphic novel from 2007 that was later interpreted by Pablo Berger …
