Before watching Ant-Man, it would be safe to predict that the movie would be the film that destroys the foundations of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. This is a film that has suffered from well-publicised production troubles, leading many to question the artistic integrity of the directors the studio chooses to helm its projects, whose directorial vision has to be sacrificed in order to create another chapter in studio head Kevin Feige’s grand master plan. Production troubles sometimes lead to fantastic movies, but more often than not, they lead to gigantic box office flops – not even the seemingly unbeatable Marvel can overcome that, surely?
Every week Film Inquiry publishes the movies that are opening in cinemas! This week: Ant-Man, Trainwreck, Irrational Man, The Look of Silence, Mr.
At the start of Andrew Bujalski’s latest film, Results, Danny (Kevin Corrigan) entreats his wife, Christine (Elizabeth Berridge), from the street below the open window of their New York apartment to let him back into the marital home. She closes the window, so he grabs its ledge in an attempt to pull himself up to and through the plate glass barrier. Danny, who carries Corrigan’s rosaceous, wan features, brittle hair, and generous paunch (sorry, Kevin), quickly drops to the ground.
Mad Max: Fury Road, the latest from Australian director George Miller, is overtly, and perhaps primarily, an action film. The vast majority of its two hour runtime is devoted to a single unrelenting chase sequence; it both drives the narrative and provides a platform for the manic and brilliantly staged action set-pieces which will define the film for many audiences.
Let’s get this out of the way: Steve Jobs was a great salesman. That is the only positive out of a sea of negatives.
Five Minutes is an interactive short horror film set in a future where the world is overrun with zombies. After being infected, dad John knows he only has five minutes before he turns. But he is loathe to leave his daughter, Mia.
There is a magic in entertaining people. In life, people suffer from a number of misfortunes often caused by the actions of other humans. Personally, I don’t like the suffering of others.
Immortality is a myth. This is a fact not only based on a reality standpoint, but also literarily. Ask anybody the first thing which crosses their minds when discussing the subject, and most likely mythical beings such as wizards, witches, vampires or superheroes would top the list.
For a movie based in Chinese lore, it has a staggeringly high number of leading Caucasian actors. Who am I kidding? I still love Dustin Hoffman as Shifu.
Every week at Film Inquiry, we present the movies that are opening in cinemas! This week: Minions, The Gallows, Self/Less, Do I Sound Gay?
Initially, it seems that I Am Evel Knievel competently weaves archival footage with a range of talking heads. However, the documentary goes to great lengths to embellish a very unlikeable man and omits some of his life’s failings, making it an inferior production to the BBC’s Richard Hammond Meets Evel Knievel, which also has the advantage of featuring the man himself shortly before he died on November 30th 2007. During the 1970s, Evel Knievel was one of the most famous names in America and the world.
It’s difficult for certain people to truly relate to others. Even if you share a bed with someone, it doesn’t necessarily mean you care for them. No, you save the real you for someone who will meet you again with a genuine smile.
Witches have a bad reputation for no good reason. The “Wicked” Witch of the West just wanted to reclaim some shoes from her sister’s killer. That “gingerbread house” witch just wanted to feed some malnourished kids.
Sequels sell like hotcakes. Filmgoers cannot be faulted for summing up today’s film industry simply as that. We don’t really need to draw up any charts or statistics to figure out that half of the films in 2015 consist of sequels.