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THE BATMAN

March 19, 2022 By 4 Comments

THE BATMAN

One thing you can say about THE BATMAN without fear of contradiction is that there is a lot of it. Clocking in at three hours or so, it packs in enough plot for a trilogy, as though all concerned fretted that this might be their only shot at the rebooted DC franchise. Fear not, though.… Read More »

Tagged With: Batman, Gotham City, motocycle, open refrigerator, political corruption, superhero, vigilante justice

BLACK PANTHER

February 18, 2018 By 3 Comments

BLACK PANTHER

BLACK PANTHER is the standard by which all other superhero movies this year will be measured.  Maybe this decade.  Showcasing the expected show-stopping special effects, a rich mythology from the Marvel comic on which it is based, and plenty of rousing action that is both imaginative (weaponized rhinoceroses) and genuinely suspenseful, it gets the most… Read More »

Tagged With: Africa, Marvel Universe, MCU, superhero, vibranium, Wakanda, weaponized rhioseros

STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI

December 16, 2017 By Leave a Comment

STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI

Good and evil are inextricably entwined in STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI.  It makes for a pleasing metaphysical subtext to a film with spectacular action sequences, pointed references to the political economics of the class struggle, and a character in Benicio Del Toro whose nihilism carries with it a whiff of Zen philosophy at its… Read More »

Tagged With: balance, franchise, good and evil, mysticism, Sci-fi, sequel, Star Wars, The Force, trilogy

WAR FOR THE PLANET OF THE APES

July 14, 2017 By 2 Comments

WAR FOR THE PLANET OF THE APES

There is something heartening in a sequel to a sequel that is as good as the original. Imagine how much more heartening it is that WAR FOR THE PLANET OF THE APES, the third in the trilogy that launched with the excellent DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES and continued with the equally excellent… Read More »

Tagged With: apocalypse, Apocalypse Now, kindness, natural selection, sequel, vengeance

STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS

December 16, 2015 By 1 Comment

STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS

What you really want to know is whether or not J. J. Abrams has worked his magic and saved the Star Wars franchise. The answer is not just yes. But, rather, YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It is perfection. That is all you really need to know and, while I will not do this film the disservice of lessening… Read More »

Tagged With: death star, franchise, jedi, out space, sequel, Star Wars

RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES

October 21, 2014 By Leave a Comment

Before they devolved into a campy excuse for a quick buck, THE PLANET OF THE APES franchise was a nicely rendered and clever conceit for commenting on the human condition by having apes stand in for us. RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES, the prequel that explains how it all happened, is a worthy… Read More »

THE ADVENTURES OF TINTIN

October 21, 2014 By Leave a Comment

What SNOW WHITE was to the advancement of hand-drawn animation into a genuine art form, so is THE ADVENTURES OF TINTIN to animation derived from motion capture and generated from a computer. Visually, it is a thing of singular and striking beauty. Story-wise, it is just as sublime, presenting a thumping good tale of action… Read More »

13 GOING ON 30

October 21, 2014 By Leave a Comment

When working with a script that is slight and a premise that is high concept, it is vitally important that the star of the film be able to carry the weight of what’s missing on her pretty shoulders in such a way that shortcomings can be overlooked. And so it is fortunate that 13 GOING… Read More »

PAN’S LABYRINTH

October 21, 2014 By Leave a Comment

PAN’S LABYRINTH

The combination of war and her mother’s remarriage to a Fascist captain proves to be too much for Ofelia, the heroine of Gullermo del Toro’s arresting fable of power and powerlessness. The time is 1944, the place is northern Spain, but the landscape is that of the imagination and, in del Toro’s hands, that is… Read More »

Tagged With: archetypes, Guillermo del Toro, Pale Man, Spanish Civil War, stepfather, venomous toads

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