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DR. STRANGE IN THE MULTIVERSE OF MADNESS

May 22, 2022 By Leave a Comment

DR. STRANGE IN THE MULTIVERSE OF MADNESS

With DR. STRANGE IN THE MULITVERSE OF MADNESS, we are gifted with a thimbleful of plot in a vast expanse of cinematic ocean. This being yet another piece of the equally vast Marvel Universe, the story is obliged to take its hero, Stephen Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch), from Point A to Point B in order to… Read More »

Tagged With: Illuminati, lack of internal logic, linguine, lost love, Marvel Universe, MCU, multiverse, sequel, Sorcery, witchcraft

SPIDER-MAN: NO WAY HOME

December 17, 2021 By Leave a Comment

SPIDER-MAN: NO WAY HOME

There is such a delicious and perfectly logical, surprise in SPIDER-MAN: NO WAY HOME, that it alone would be worth the investment of your time and your money to see it in a theater.  Fortunately, there is so much more to enjoy as Peter Parker (Tom Holland) and those in his orbit face a future… Read More »

Tagged With: college admissions, mirror dimension, multiverse, sequel, Statue of Liberty, superhero

THE COURIER

March 11, 2021 By Leave a Comment

THE COURIER

Based on a true story, THE COURIER takes us back to the Cold War and the palpable threat of nuclear annihilation. Once again, we are reminded that it was as much luck as it was diplomacy or mutually assured destruction that prevented World War III. In this case, the good luck of two people for… Read More »

Tagged With: based on a true story, CI, cold war, Cuban Missile Crisis, MI6, Moscow, Soviet Union, spies

1917

December 23, 2019 By 3 Comments

1917

There is a moment during Sam Mendes’ masterpiece of a film, 1917, where a character is permitted to remove himself from the overwhelming, unrelenting now, and process both  the facts of what he’s been through and the conjecture about what he’s about to face. During this moment, George MacKay, playing the appropriately named Will, gives… Read More »

Tagged With: France, Germany, Great War, trench warfare, World War I

THE CURRENT WAR: THE DIRECTOR’S CUT

November 8, 2019 By Leave a Comment

THE CURRENT WAR: THE DIRECTOR’S CUT

THE CURRENT WAR: THE DIRECTOR’S CUT is an elegantly realized intellectual thriller which considers not only the eternal struggle between art and commerce, but also the effect of personalities on inventing the future. In this case, three visionaries, Thomas Edison, George Westinghouse, and Nikola Tesla. Each with a particular kind of genius, each with idiosyncrasies… Read More »

Tagged With: 19th century, alternating current, based on a true story, direct current, Edison, electricity, J.P. Morgan, technology, Tesla, Westinghouse

AVENGERS: ENDGAME

April 26, 2019 By Leave a Comment

AVENGERS: ENDGAME

The stakes have been raised so many times with event flicks that, when approaching one, hope is always tempered with experience about what to expect, to paraphrase Samuel Johnson. With AVENGERS: ENDGAME, though, hope wins out. The spectacle is everything it should be, and the story, of necessity a meandering thing, is nonetheless sustained by… Read More »

Tagged With: Marvel Universe, MCU, sequel, superhero, time travel

AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR

April 27, 2018 By Leave a Comment

AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR

For sheer value-for-money, you can’t top AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR.  It’s pure entertainment with an endless parade of the kind of whiz-bang special effects, not quite sloppy sentiment, and a constant barrage of the quips and banter that define grace under pressure in the Marvel Universe. Plus, pretty much everyone from the MCU finds his or… Read More »

Tagged With: Avengers, cliffhanger, Cloak of Levitation, crossover, Infinity Stones, Malthus, Marvel Universe, MCU, sequel

DOCTOR STRANGE

November 4, 2016 By Leave a Comment

DOCTOR STRANGE

DOCTOR STRANGE you ask? Let me sum up the latest cinematic offering from Marvel Comics in one word: spectacular.  From a whiz-bang opening sequence where space folds in on itself as combatants hurl magical fire at on another, to the charismatic, ahem, marvel that is Benedict Cumberbatch in the title role, this action film is… Read More »

Tagged With: car accident, immortality, magic, Marvel Comic book character, Marvel Comics, multiverse, mystic arts, Nepal, neurosurgeon

BLACK MASS

November 14, 2015 By Leave a Comment

BLACK MASS

It is only the smallest of exaggerations to say that there are only two types of scenes in BLACK MASS. One is of James “Whitey” Bulger either having someone executed with a vicious precision, or doing the dastardly deed himself. The other is an assemblage of characters having an extended conversation about what has happened… Read More »

Tagged With: based on a true story, book to screen. Winter Hill Gang, Boston, FBI, Mafia, murder

STAR TREK –INTO DARKNESS

October 21, 2014 By 1 Comment

The best speculative fiction is rooted firmly in reality. Though set in faraway lands, planets or time, it speaks, nonetheless, directly to the issues and emotions of its audience. Smart writers know that, and this is why the continuing re-boot of the Star Trek franchise is so wildly successful. Set in an alternate timeline from… Read More »

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