Let’s have a conversation about tone. In the most general sense, tone is the way that a movie feels. Is a movie scary? Is it funny? Is it serious, or is it silly? Tone is something that can vary wildly between movies, even within the same genre, and can even change within a movie from … Continue reading Movie Review – Godzilla
Ugggggggggghhhhhhhhhh… Look, I didn’t like The Amazing Spider-Man, not at all. It was one of the most shockingly incompetent big-budget movies I’ve seen in recent memory, aside from completely misunderstanding who its title character is. That being said, Spider-Man is my favorite superhero, and I really desperately want to see a great Spider-Man movie again. … Continue reading Movie Review – The Amazing Spider-Man 2
The original 1979 The Muppet Movie is an indisputable classic. The leap of taking Jim Henson’s Muppet characters from a half-hour television variety show to a feature length motion picture musical must have been a daunting task, but the first time out the gate they did it so well that 35 years and seven films … Continue reading Movie Review – Muppets Most Wanted
Oh DreamWorks Animation, what will we do with you? It’s clear that you’re trying so hard to reinvent yourselves, to take that genuine affection people have for How to Train Your Dragon and Kung Fu Panda and recreate it in your other films. In some ways you’re getting REALLY close, but you just can’t stop … Continue reading Movie Review – Mr. Peabody & Sherman
As of this moment, I really have no idea how I feel about Escape from Tomorrow. So much of the discussion on this film has centered around the audacious and unprecedented nature of the way it was shot – covertly, without authorization at Disneyland and Walt Disney World – and the potential legal ramifications of … Continue reading Movie Review – Escape from Tomorrow
Remakes are funny things. There are some films that are true classics in every sense of the word, enduring through time and remaining just as relevant today as the moment they were released – films that no one should even consider remaking. On the other hand, there are films that have an interesting idea, but … Continue reading Movie Review – Carrie
Movies centered on sports – ostensibly based on true stories – are a dime a dozen this time of year. They’re often family friendly fluff*, occasionally with pretenses of being Oscar bait, and most of the time completely interchangeable. There are a few standouts that have been strong enough to leave an impact, but by … Continue reading Movie Review – Rush
I didn’t get a chance to talk about it much here, but The Conjuring was quite possibly my favorite movie of this past summer. As someone who does not typically consider himself a horror fan, The Conjuring hit all the right notes for me. It had a good setup that paid off through the rest … Continue reading Movie Review – Insidious: Chapter 2
Back in May, Film Crit Hulk wrote a really great piece on why movie reviews are weird (also on why Iron Man Three is unconventionally good, but that’s less relevant to our goals here). In it he describes how, in many cases, a movie review puts the reader at a disadvantage because they haven’t actually seen the … Continue reading Go See YOU’RE NEXT – Not a Movie Review
Just a note up front: this is one of those movies where much of the nitty-gritty of my opinion comes from the later parts of the film. That said, I’ll try to dance around most of the major story beats, but if you’ve already decided to see this one, you’re better off going without reading … Continue reading Movie Review – Elysium
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