Netflix’s latest foray into science fiction genre, 3 Body Problem, is already being called a masterpiece. With its source of inspiration being the Hugo Award-winning trilogy by Liu Cixin, it has inspired a 30-part television series in China which was stopped from airing as well as shelved movie versions. Former American President Barack Obama endorsed …
The Gentlemen is the latest Netflix series by Guy Ritchie where he takes his popular gangster geezers characters to television. It is well-shot, quite digestible, and often enjoyable, but it also exposes the fact that TV is not an ideal medium for conveying the fervor, wit, and speed of Ritchie’s talent. When British Army captain …
B-movies often age well. With a few decades of hindsight, what was once considered as cheap and shoddy might end up being crudely charming- or rather, having a whiff of an innocence that lightens even the offensive parts with some sort of quaintness. “Oh,” we would say. “Those days were simpler.” Let us hope therefore …
Leon is a writer (pejorative), the main character of Christian Petzold’s new drama Afire. Myths like Hemingway’s tomcat, romantic poet and the child who could not speak to girls or even the artist as an adorkable wallflower are not Leon. This melancholic crank, whom Thomas Schubert depicted with just a touch of sweetness, underplayed likability …
What’s tall, blonde and plastic all over? It will be the summer movie of course. Barbie is a roller-coaster ride that is anything but linear, full of twists and turns that are more emotional than they are entertaining. A poignant picture of a young girl growing into womanhood by Greta Gerwig portrays this iconic, tall …
For a decent stretch, Cobweb looks like it could be this year’s Barbarian. A seven-layer dip approach gives audiences a mouthful of distinct horror flavors like home invasions, family freakshows, haunted infestations, and beyond – but it doesn’t have the legs to go the distance. Samuel Bodin proved with Netflix’s Marianne that he knows his …
Americans have been taught by film acting realism to laugh at excessive overacting. This is especially true when it comes to Nicolas Cage, who has ironically been popular since the early 2000s with what is known as “Cage rage”: those moments in which he literally pushes himself beyond all acceptable bounds. And yes, it gets …
There is a twist in this movie which is an exciting one when it comes to horror: possession. It has been directed by Danny and Michael Philippou, twin brothers whose first internet fame came from posting videos of stunts that bordered on the ridiculous using YouTube channel RackaRacka, hence it feels much more like a …
Disney’s return to making a movie out of its much-loved Haunted Mansion attraction is much more successful than the previous one featuring Eddie Murphy. The 2023 Haunted Mansion by Katie Dippold and Justin Simien presents a soulful ghost story about New Orleans that speaks to young people about death, grief, and the afterlife with mastery. …
A love letter to those who die for a living collides head first with an insane romantic comedy, in The Fall Guy. However, it does not retain the premise of its primetime source material which is centered on bounty hunting but still has the protagonist Colt Seavers (Ryan Gosling) who is a stuntman by profession …
