redemption
Scorsese’s homage to Federico Fellini is a tribute to an influence who crawled so that Scorsese could walk and a plea to let others run in their wake.
Jess Franco, Donald Wolfe, John N. Carter, and a John Carpenter classic all received new home video releases, let’s take a look.
The idea seemed like the perfect match up. Unfortunately, Tommaso does not live up to the expectation.
Violence is key to the narrative of Grosse Pointe Blank, and it forces Martin Blank to contend with who he was and who he has become.
When writer/director Martin McDonagh strips his characters of their goodness, he allows the audience to consider their redemption.
On the performances alone, Bad Times at the El Royale is worth your time and money, lending itself to justifiable reasons to revisit for multiple viewings.
Gustav Möller’s The Guilty is compact but crushing single-room drama successfully secures our emotional and visceral involvement whilst quite boldly moving into some genuinely dark areas.
Despite an admittedly heartwarming message about not putting a price tag on ways to make others happy, there is very little to take away from Almost Paris. You’ve seen this one before, albeit better.
Marvel Studios has been quite successful with their heroes, however, it seems that their villains are lacking. How can they solve it?
Nearly everything about the film The Shallows seems to indicate that you wouldn’t be at a loss for missing it in theaters. The premise of an attractive woman in turmoil, coupled with an unbelievably vicious shark – each of these stories on their own has been done time and time again. Yet, somehow, The Shallows manages to just surpass the murky depths that most of those films sink to.
