Young Detective Dee is one of those films you shouldn’t go into expecting too much from. You should just go in and let it take you where it will because after all, there isn’t much you can do about it. That’s what I did. So much takes place in this movie that requires you to suspend […]
As I suspected, I was probably the youngest person of a small audience in attendance for this film. Proof to me, that the majority of Jack Ryan’s fans are of an older generation. When the film was over, I overheard few audience members mention points of the film that were predictable to them and such. […]
Sherlock Holmes and Professor Moriarty. Link and Ganon. Spider-Man and Venom. You get what’s happening. There’s nothing like a good arch-nemesis to keep a hero on his or her toes, to keep them questioning the nature of who they are and why they move the way they do. For every yang, there is a yin. […]
So abundant and seamlessly integrated into the narrative of Spike Jonze’s Her is the exploration of love, and everything associated with that indescribable, crippling feeling, that immediately as the credits role it’s clear a repeat viewing is essential. So rare is it that a filmmaker has asked so many of the right questions about the […]
Whether talking about a cinematic experience or hearing details of the real thing, the gallantry and heroism of our men and women at arms can never be overstated, be it in service to the defenseless, protecting the nation or for reasons with which everyone may not agree. Though ironically just that – overstated – at […]
After viewing this movie, I talked to my brother about it, who knew the story of Jordan Belfort. During the conversation he said, “some people like to feel the heat; some people like to fly close to the sun.” This made me think of the story of Icarus, one of many classic stories about the […]
Ryoo Seung-Wan has consistently delivered action films from his native South Korea that are entertaining and engaging. His latest entry, The Berlin File, released overseas earlier this year, is one of his most ambitious projects to date and manages to elevate his talents, even if its narrative is a tad convoluted. The film stars Ha […]
From the studio that brought you Mary Poppins, Disney has released a biopic about the author of the original novels, P.L Travers. Saving Mr. Banks is the story of her battles with Walt Disney, who wants the rights to the film adaptation, in a dramatic comedy that is both witty and sentimental. Mrs. Pamela P.L. Travers (Emma Thompson) […]
The subtitle for the third Puella Magi Madoka Magica film, Rebellion, is most certainly a fitting one. Not only does it call for a singular character’s motivation in the film, but that it completely rallies against everything that the series set out to do thus far. The first two films, Beginnings and Eternal, were merely […]
The first entry of The Hobbit trilogy was met with a mixed reaction by some, being too light, too comic and too long. The second film, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug is the shortest movie in the series, strives for a much darker tone and begins to weave many of the trilogies plot lines […]
