Ridley Scott’s Exodus: Gods and Kings presents a host of conflicting ideas on a grand scale achieved through CGI shortcuts and green screen. A patchwork of thematic and theistic elements overpower the exceedingly familiar biblical story; crushing Scott’s narrative under its own weight. The film opens with “brothers” Moses (Christian Bale) and Ramses (Joel Edgerton) […]
Is she single-handedly responsible for bringing the Cheryl Strayed memoir to life on the big-screen? You could say that, since her production company Pacific Standard did option the rights for it. Frustrated with the lack of substantial character-driven works for females, Witherspoon made it her business to jump on getting Strayed’s story of personal tragedy […]
Guardians of the Galaxy is out on Blu-ray this week, therefore, it is our recommendation of the week, you’re welcome. New Releases: Guardians of the Galaxy – (Blu-ray, DVD and Instant) Frank – (Blu-ray, DVD and Instant) Calvary – (Blu-ray and Instant) I Origins – (Blu-ray Instant) Dead Snow 2: Red vs Dead – (Blu-ray, DVD […]
Robert Zemeckis has made many movies in his career including prestige pictures like Forrest Gump, Cast Away and Flight and he is set to add to it with his next movie The Walk. The teaser trailer for the movie has been released today, setting up the ambition of the main character: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXIYaAPmy8k The Walk is […]
2014 has been a strange year in terms of award season frontrunners, with film heavyweights like Boyhood and The Grand Budapest Hotel coming out in early summer, and no clear favorite for “Best Picture” emerging from the crowd of Oscar hopefuls; until this weekend. Coming away a clear favorite, Richard Linklater and his labor-intensive masterpiece Boyhood won […]
After the mistake that was the teen-romance How I Live Now, director Kevin Macdonald moves back to safe territory with the maritime thriller Black Sea, working with Utopia writer Dennis Kelly to make a fast pace thriller. Robinson (Jude Law) is a submarine captain who loses his job at a private marine salvage company. Bitter […]
“Hey, why don’t we make fun of the Arab Spring? It’ll make the perfect movie.” While something very similar to this line of reasoning is certainly the basis for Grégory Levasseur’s The Pyramid, the film’s complete ignorance to the political and social connotations of the Egyptian uprising in 2013 is embarrassing. The Pyramid‘s mockery of […]
