Someday, I wish to see a movie about dinosaurs that can move people like the original Jurassic Park. For many of us 90s kids, we were all in awe of the idea that creatures this large once ruled the planet. Now, most of us are kind of jaded but that shouldn’t stop you from watching this upcoming film from Disney Pixar.
Have you ever met a person who is simultaneously hot and cold? Beloved and hated? How about celebrated and condemned?
I’ve been toiling over this review for about a week now. A large portion of mainstream film criticism has shifted towards tearing down films, blatantly nit-picking all aspects of a movie and continuously shouting nasty adjectives which seemingly constitutes as a review of a film. I get why it’s so big nowadays, being angry at or disappointed in something will always get a more humorous and memorable responses.
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Le Havre (2011) is a still, quiet and dryly hilarious film. It has many of the qualities of a Japanese master like Mizoguchi, but if he had emigrated to a small French port and had been forced to make working class comedies. It focuses on a shoe shiner called Marcel Marx whose wife contracts a seemingly terminal disease.
I am probably one of the least qualified to talk about The Hunger Games. I’ve never read the books and intermittently fell asleep (not because of the movie) as I was viewing part 1 on my 20 hour flight. Regardless, I present to you this trailer for The Hunger Games:
It’s 12:15AM. The once frantic New Year’s Eve party is well on the decline, most party-goers have ventured off, some have passed out or are making out and several lively people remain.
If there is ever a fitting description for Arnold Schwarzenegger’s cinematic persona, then it is this: action film hero. Time and time again, we’ve seen the ex-California Governor’s face adorning several iconic titles, portraying mere mortals (or robots in Terminator’s case) possessing near-superhuman ability, an eye for supersized weapons and a knack for crisp one-liners.
Bullying is a smorgasbord of crazy stupidity. He could be sociopathic or simply be a jerk. Parents get in on the action and believe their little devil is a little angel.
Before it had even stepped into the ring, Southpaw was dead on arrival. After all, although boxing isn’t the sport that has generated the most movies, it is the sport that has generated the most beloved cinematic classics – from Rocky and Raging Bull to the more recent likes of Million Dollar Baby and The Fighter. At the screening I attended, I was far more likely to greet it as an unwelcome entry to the boxing movie pantheon, due to the fact that the last trailer before the movie started was for Creed, the new Rocky spin-off that benefits from having Sylvester Stallone yet again reprising his most iconic role.
It sounds so easy on paper. Take a successful creative work that already has a large following and put it on the big screen, what could possibly go wrong? A lot it seems, as it can be rather difficult to find any game film released that has been received positively, and with the recent travesty released being in the form of Pixels there seems to be no hope in sight.
Terrance is a documentary short made by Joris Debeij and forms part of a series of films (I Am Los Angeles) that focus on the stories of people who live in Los Angeles. Terrance documents the life of the young black teenager, Terrance Thompson, his losses, and his resulting depression. All things going to plan, Terrance Thompson will have graduated high school by the time you read this review.
Many women identify with Jennifer Lawrence because they can relate to her down-to-Earth personality. More than that is that she plays strong female leads independent of men. This new trailer showcases the ideal narrative for female empowerment.
Truth be told – I don’t watch movie trailers. Other than the occasional advert that happens to cross my path on television while I’m lounging on a recliner, I have total a disinterest in them. But, “Oh!
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