“Orion and the Dark”, a Netflix adaptation and Dreamworks co-production, excels in storytelling and heart better than most of Pixar’s recent outings. The so boldly lifts classic Pixar’s playbook of how to make human characters out of the impossible objects, in “Inside Out”, “Toy Story” and for that there is even a straightforward quote from […]
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Some films are bad stupid films, and the bad stupid films in question have the audacity to give you a sense of anger that you have wasted a good two hours of your life that can never be regained — as pieces don’t come together to form a reasonably satisfying whole (cough). Other films, on
Fake conversations and depictions should not go in a screenplay. I am stating this because it is evident throughout in ‘Red Right Hand’ that terrible writing is supported by ‘talented’ performers. No one ever should be asking them to swallow camera. It is disgusting. In the opening sequence of ‘Red Right Hand’, we see one
The premise of a solitary killer stalking a group of teenagers has been the template for the slasher genre for many years. In the last few decades however, the emphasis of the teen movies, and the co-ed for that matter, has shifted. Nevertheless, it attempts to use the same formula in #AMFAD: All My Friends
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The 2010 animated film ‘Megamind vs. The Doom Syndicate’ is remembered for its fantastic stories of heroism filled with humor and drama and voiced by stars like Will Farrell, Tina Fey, Brad Pitt, Jonah Hill, and David Cross. Cut to fourteen years, and this ‘original’ film is as boring as anything one can expect, with
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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.
