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,
This Australian animated film is a continuation of 200% Wolf and two seasons of television based on the works of the author Jane Lyons. We once more see young ‘werepoodle’ Freddy Lupin, who stands up for the pack. Despite being accepted among his werewolf brethren, Freddy (Ilai Swindells), the poodle counterpart of his father, is
“The Last of the Sea Women”, a documentary by Sue Kim begins with a single narrator, a woman who is preparing to dive into the sea in order to collect seafood as her march. However, as the camera zooms out, it is evident that the ocean waves are actually composed of women clad in wetsuits.
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The End: One of the things I like most about festivals is that you go and enter the cinema and do not know practically anything about the film. If one thinks of actually going to the festival, he knows it is pointless to search for trailers or screenshots, because the films are just too unreleased.
It is clear that Tyler Perry’s new self-narrated project “Mea Culpa” aspires also to be many other genres including legal, erotic, and psychological thrillers. What is hard to buy is the presence of any kind of thrill in this astonishingly poor and empty attempt at a straight-to-streaming genre. As a matter of fact, it is
It’s not a first for old action heroes to make appearance in these even modestly funded projects. For many veteran action stars, the geezer teaser has repeatedly been a splendid opportunity to grab some fast bucks. However, these are often nothing more than the icing on a cake as the younger actor does all the
