It is indeed true that there is no such thing as a video game adaptation curse, but there are terrible films based on video games. Borderlands, for instance. Honorable mention goes, of course, to Eli Roth’s ugly-as-hell adaptation of one of Gearbox Software’s best loved franchises, the ridiculously entertaining looter shooter following. Even the title […]
It is unfortunate that Netflix did not release the ‘Rebel Ridge’ theatrically because it puts the rest of the films running on the big screen right now to shame. Surely, there is no better way to finish off the summer movie season than with a cracking mainstream action blockbuster that is as enthralling as it
No one is likely to spend time sobbing with a handkerchief in hand over the feelings that come with Babes. Unless of course you are superjoyed and assistance is required for hysterical laughter, which is quite likely. A fun, cleverly scripted comedy featuring Pamela Adlon in the director’s chair who has been responsible for marvels
Thank you and now, I shall present the Hemsworth effect for your appreciation which can also be called the Hemsworth trifecta or the Hemsworth trilogy. I’m still working on the name for this but there is a new phenomenon in action cinema where we not just have one Hemsworth delivering hard hitting action but we
There’s a hot new action star and her name is nothing but June Squibb. Squibb, a seasoned yet fiesty 94-year- old actress who received an Oscar nomination for Nebraska and is fully engaged in writer (…) director Josh Margolin’s action comedy Thelma – to say the least – proves that age doesn’t hinder one’s dreams
Are you a seeing double? Well, someone in Oddity, as in literally, is unable to see at all, but that wouldn’t star her from going about grabbing people’s names, seeking the truth, and a lot more. It is a crazy story that brings forth the enormous capabilities of an Irish actress Carolyn Bracken best known
Anyone who has listened to the popular film podcast Blank Check with Griffin and David hosted by actor Griffin Newman and The Atlantic critic David simms will recognize those words that open every episode. As there is an increasing amount of IP-based and studio-oriented films, it has been, even more, difficult to get those projects
There should be more women in the roles where Westerns are set; it shifts the viewpoint and also changes the story itself. The Netflix miniseries Godless (2017), the one which received several awards, definitely contributed to changing the trends, as well as the recent Emily Blunt miniseries The English. Quite recently, it’s interesting to witness
Prolific action director John Woo’s newage depiction of his 1989 classic ‘The Killer’ considering all factors is not a success. As the action of the film takes place in Paris instead of Hong Kong, the character which earned Chow Yan Fat fame as a poster boy of the genre is played by Nathalie Emmanuel. Now
Redemption and the world of athletics. Or rather redemption in the world of sports. Many such heart-warming under-dog stories are related to sports, even extreme sports. To the general audience of motion pictures, there is the vague overused intrigue of an underdog story — a poor but richly talented young sportsman who has but one
