The Russian sci-fi movie Hard to be a God is the last movie to be made from Russian director Aleksei German, taking six years to film. German died during the five years of post-production, leaving his screenwriter wife and director son to complete the movie. Based on a novel by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky, Hard to […]
Eli Roth is, without a doubt, a talented filmmaker. He knows how to construct a scene, build tension and stage gory violence. Roth also clearly knows a lot about movies and genre cinema. The Green Inferno, his latest directorial effort, is therefore all the more disappointing. It was hardly a surprise given his previous track record […]
The obvious trouble with book-to-film adaptations is that there can be many aspects that get lost in translation, which is often the primary reason that adaptations can fail with audiences. Even for people who have not read the source material on which the film is based, things can seem off. Some part of the story […]
With his 2013 feature Blue Ruin, director Jeremy Saulnier gained international attention. The low-budget film demonstrated a deep understanding of genre conventions and asked interesting questions about the morality of vigilante justice: a revenge thriller for people who do not like revenge thrillers. Now he is back with Green Room – a bigger, bolder, bloodier movie than its predecessor. ‘Green’, a traditional […]
Where to begin with Tangerine? There are so many aspects that make this a modern, fresh, smart, and hilarious pleasure. It may very well be the best film of all time that was entirely shot on an iPhone. It is a 21st century update of Spike Lee’s Do The Right Thing, minus the anger and political […]
The Kray Twins were two of the most ruthless and notorious gangsters in British history. Brutal men who used violence and intimation across London, inexplicably hailed as heroes by some. They were celebrities in their day and people interested in true crime are still fascinated by them. The twins are getting a new cinematic telling […]
Keep the expectations very low for this movie. Better yet, go in expecting nothing. That would probably be a good way to go if you want to take away any enjoyment from the experience. When you hear the title The Transporter, you think three things: car chases, fight scenes, and scantily clad women. Simple enough, […]
The 1969 counter-culture drama Medium Cool is the latest movie to be re-released by Eureka Entertainment as a part of their Masters of Cinema Collection. It is a movie known for its documentary style of filmmaking, use of real footage and being a part of the New Hollywood movement. John Cassellis (Robert Forster) is a […]
To properly assess this film, it is vital to point out that in order to give the NWA a fair bio-pic, it should be longer than 147 minutes, simply because of the important back stories and rivalries. The highly acclaimed film, and rap group, lived up to the expectations. For the most part, films that […]
And here we are again. Yet another attempt at tackling the titular character from IO Interactive’s best-selling video game series, Agent 47. Anyone even vaguely aware of the trend of lackluster films based on video game properties might approach this film with a certain degree of caution. Unless of course they were among those who were pleased […]
