Written by Patrick Hao "“M3GAN” is too tame, a movie that is made to be appropriate for teenagers as opposed to a movie made for teenagers to sneak into. Like the eponymous hero, the film is too perfectly calibrated..."… Continue reading.
M3GAN
Tag: Film Review
Plane
Written by Taylor Baker "“Plane” sees Gerard Butler continue to helm middlebrow adult-oriented action flicks, keeping with his recent lineup of films like “Last Seen Alive,” “Copshop,” and “Greenland,” these films are alternatingly bad and small enough..."… Continue reading.
Cocoon (Kokon)
Written by Jeff Sparks "“Cocoon’s” beautiful cinematography captures the setting of “Berlin’s hottest recorded summer” in a personal way that few films manage to. As Nora and her sister bounce around the city streets, the handheld camera illustrates the nature … Continue reading.
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
Written by Patrick Hao "More than a decade after the original standalone Puss in Boots movie, “Puss in Boots: The Last Wish” is able to justify its existence by being a creative exercise in modern animation and clever storytelling. Like … Continue reading.
The Almond and the Seahorse
Written by Jeff Sparks "In “The Almond and the Seahorse,” two separate diagnoses of anterograde amnesia turn the lives of two women into a kaleidoscope as they struggle with parallel conflicts. Charlotte Gainsbourg and Trine Dyrholm star as..."… Continue reading.
No Bears
Written by Patrick Hao "In this village, Panahi spends most of his time in his rented room, as gossip begins to rise as to why this man from Tehran with a fancy car has arrived at a village so close … Continue reading.
Suspiria (1977)
Written by Alexander Reams "...set his greatest film in Germany, at a dance school that American Suzy (Jessica Harper) was recently accepted to and she happens to move in on quite possibly the rainiest day the country has ever seen. … Continue reading.
Mektoub, My Love: Canto Uno
Written by Jeff Sparks "In “Mektoub,” Kechiche focuses less on individual relationships as he follows a group of young people as they mingle and party in their beachside town while they live day to day in this sun-soaked story of … Continue reading.
Love (2015)
Written by Jeff Sparks "Just like the main character in this film says about his own work, most of Gaspar Noé’s films contain blood, sperm, and tears. Though his fourth feature-length film, “Love,” mainly focuses on the latter two."… Continue reading.
Avatar (2009)
Written by Nick McCann "How things have changed. If you want to make an absolute box office killing now, you can’t just make a movie. You have to pull from somewhere already existing, sequel the hell out of it, crossover … Continue reading.