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HELLBOY

April 11, 2019 By Leave a Comment

HELLBOY

There are many ways for a film to go wrong, and while HELLBOY may not have explored all of them, it has certainly come very close.  Dialogue that is not nearly as clever as it thinks it is, editing that teeters between pedestrian and laughable, and a story that is merely an excuse for carnage… Read More »

Tagged With: apocalypse, Arthurian Legend, England, giants, pigboy, reboot, squished monk

FIFTY SHADES DARKER

February 14, 2017 By Leave a Comment

FIFTY SHADES DARKER

I have not read any of the Grey books, as in 50 Shades of, or the one on which FIFTY SHADES DARKER is based.  Thus when I see Kim Basinger flitting through the edges of this film, looking petulant and warning our mousey heroine, Anastasia (Dakota Johnson), away from the eponymous Grey, as in Christian… Read More »

Tagged With: bodice-ripping, bondage, kink, masked ball, nightmares, publishing, Seattle, sexual harassment, stalker

THE DIVERGENT SERIES: ALLEGIANT

March 16, 2016 By Leave a Comment

THE DIVERGENT SERIES: ALLEGIANT

As is the wont with these franchises based on young adult novels, THE DIVERGENT SERIES: ALLEGIANT, the third in the series, begins where the last one left off. No flashback montage, no character narration bringing us up to date. Instead, there’s just a quick reminder that Jeanine is dead, and that everyone on screen is… Read More »

Tagged With: Chicago, dystopian future, franchise book to screen, genetic purity, romance, sequel, unexpected power point presentation

INSURGENT Keeps the DIVERGENT Franchise Puffing Along

March 20, 2015 By Leave a Comment

INSURGENT Keeps the DIVERGENT Franchise Puffing Along

The advantage of seeing outstanding actors in a middling film is that you can appreciate just how good they are on a whole new level.  And INSURGENT is certainly a middling film, though that is an improvement on the last installment in this franchise, DIVERGENT. With a new director, Robert Schwentke, bringing Veronica Roth’s YA… Read More »

Tagged With: Ashley Judd, book to screen, Chicago, cinema, DIVERGENT, dystopian future, factions, fantasy, film, INSURGENT, Kate Winslet, Miles Teller, movie, narrative, Octavia Spencer, Robert Schwentke, Sci-fi, Shailene Woodley, THeo James, Tony Goldwyn, Veronica Roth., young adult and tagged Ansel Elgort

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