Adventure

After successfully completing the Marvel Cinematic Universe project styled “Captain Marvel,” for which they were helmed by Ryan Fleck and Anna Boden, who consider themselves more as indie filmmakers, their affection for the East Bay late 80s goes overrated in “Freaky Tales.” What does this have to do with a confused but 10 year old […]

“The Book of Clarence” which is religious in nature and is done brilliantly by Jeymes Samuel, the seemingly all-knowing producer is captivating but devoid of plot. Set in the year 33A.D. Jerusalem, the focal character of the film Clarence (LaKeith Stanfield) who is a street hustler, is treated in Samuel’s script as a ‘girl on […]

Sasquatch Sunset: In a children’s book of Yeti’s stories, four extremely thin tall creatures appear lumbering in a forest. They walk; they consume food; they construct, and they do it all over again. The gaggle makes use of and shares various unbecoming sounds including growls, screams and whoops yet we are not included in these […]

It is a dismal tale in the faux genre turning Futuristic that is the debut feature film, meanwhile on earth written and directed by Jérémy Clapin. The past is full of such ambitious ideas which have now become naive and dulled fantasies while the same cannot be said of the present as it is only […]

Arthur the King: The term ‘sport’ has been under stated in a very small way. Adventure racing is by far the most extreme, the most demanding and the most endurance requiring sport in the world. Even an Iron Man, which is a combination of running, swimming and biking, becomes child’s play compared to this activity. […]

The approach that “My Penguin Friend” takes, which is evidently rather old-fashioned, also possesses a radical quality. It is an honest, patriotic children’s story – no sarcasm, no shameless self-referentiality, no arrogant insertions of catchy songs – just a soft and well-produced film that fully justifies the tears it is bound to provoke among the […]

When it comes to characters, “Sirocco and the Kingdom of the Winds” is one of the most pleasant painted story books human animation can offer and, hopefully, will not lose to other media. Paper & Soul is directed and co-written by French filmmaker Benoît Chieux (with writing partner Alain Gagnol), and produced in Koproduktion with […]

The children’s imagination gave birth to the idea of imaginary friends. With just an empty room and some random odds and ends, children can dream up the most outlandish adventures. And every child at that age has an imaginary friend to satisfy his or her needs. In his animated drama ‘The Imaginary’, Yoshiyuki Momose explores […]

Spaceman: When was the next time you last appreciated the beautiful enumeration of the synonyms of ‘baffled’? There are quite a few of those in English considering the language’s possible permutations and combinations: puzzled, nonplussed, discombobulated, flummoxed, stumped, fogged, wildered, buffaloed. They are scrumptious, charming, dense with consonants and productive of a singular emotion: one […]

Since “Stranger Things” is plodding towards its last season which appears very far off such that the kids will soon be looking causes for retirement, it would be easy to begin hunting for the new one’s releases to plug the void. Pure strain 80s nostalgia for those cheesy family movies, be it a king adaptation […]