Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths – Part One: You might think it’s kind of wild for someone to say, especially considering the present circumstances, but I’m absolutely done with the multiverse. I guess it was pleasant the first few times — I mean, I will always cherish the first time I saw the cute […]
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It hardly feels appropriate to spend time on the back story of the black goo that names this film, ‘Ick’, in a film where no shot is held for more than a couple of seconds. But as the latest lunacy of Joseph Kahn plays out, in the little, imagined suburbs of Eastbrook, no one knows
In the beginning of The Hangman, it features a title card which states that there are seven known portals to hell. This reprieve is drawn from Fulci’s The Beyond but the gateway of focus appears to be in West Virginia rather than underneath a hotel in New Orleans as one would imagine. Next, some cultists
People who love Karen Kingsbury’s films and novels are in for a real surprise with her latest release, Someone Like You. While her novels have been made into films on many occasions, for Karen Kingsbury Productions, which is wholly new here, it is the first movie that has been independently produced by them. In response,
His & Hers: Some actors are just too cute, too charming. Any character that they play is captivating. Brennan Elliott and Lacey Chabert are some actors and when they are put in the same movie. You know for sure that you will spend the whole time watching the movie with a smile on your face.
Players: In the romantic comedy realm, one can find how people end up in all sorts of messes assuming roles they otherwise would not. They alsofool around with new personas. They suck at their craft and even fake accents! Machinations upon machinations on top of schemes are execute. Sometimes these tropes work. Take for example
The Greatest Hits: In case you are a nostalgic for the genre and are in the stunning romantic comedy that looks like off the 90s or early 2000s with all the nostalgic archetypes like widowed protagonist, the lost love who they dream about, a no-holds-barred best friend who speaks the truth, a hunky would-be lover
Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths – Part Three is a movie that can be remembered as the first real superhero animated trilogy. No doubt the DCAUM had its share of Batman and Justice League films which were seamless urban legends but none ever truly propelled itself into completing a grand trilogy. Out of the
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It is necessary to clarify that Prey is not to be regarded as the Predator film with this same title or Dick Maas’s lion loose in Amsterdam thriller, or even the 2007 film about a family of tourists who are being hunted by lions, or any other of the numerous action or slasher films with
It seems almost impossible to imagine anything that could be more Sundance-y than a teary coming-of-age film. At least, it is not such a dig at the genre. There is much satisfaction to be found in the exploration of such well-trodden territory, as Megan Park’s “My Old Ass” subtly illustrated this recent Sundance. In contrast,
