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THE BEEKEEPER

January 12, 2024 By Leave a Comment

THE BEEKEEPER

Yes, I’m going to say it again. Jason Statham makes everything better. Even in a dog of a flick, he’s worth watching (talking to you MEG 2: THE TRENCH). But when he’s in a well-crafted action flick that’s as fun as it is unpredictable, well, that’s darn near nirvana. And so it is with THE… Read More »

Tagged With: bee-centric metaphors, beekeeping, call center, data mining, effusive Mohawk hairdo, entitled mamas' boy, Jason Statham makes everything better, mercenary, seat of power, secret government agency

HOUSE OF GUCCI

December 23, 2021 By Leave a Comment

HOUSE OF GUCCI

HOUSE OF GUCCI is a ramshackle accretion of muddled plots studded with oddly incoherent character development and performances that range from stock (Al Pacino) to enigmatic (Adam Driver). This overlong effort takes a tale of sex, money, and power among the super rich and renders it into a dull slog brightened only by Lady Gaga’s… Read More »

Tagged With: based on a true story, designer, huate couture, internecine fighting, Italy, Milan

JUSTICE LEAGUE

December 1, 2017 By 1 Comment

JUSTICE LEAGUE

JUSTICE LEAGUE is a film with many problems. Some are inherent in an origin-style story that introduces several characters to what the filmmakers hope will be an audience eager to follow their further, individual, adventures. Some are just inexplicable. Take the plot device that is nothing short of asinine, and which I can’t discuss without… Read More »

Tagged With: Batman, Hellscape, Mother Box, origin story, resurrection, sequel, Steppenwolf, Superman, Wonder Woman

ASSASSIN’S CREED

December 20, 2016 By Leave a Comment

ASSASSIN’S CREED

I am not familiar with the video game on which ASSASSIN’S CREED is based, so I cannot speak to whether or not this cinematic translation has captured its essence.  I can speak, however, to the befuddling bifurcation of said translation.  Part straight-up action film, part would-be contemplation of the pros and cons of free will,… Read More »

Tagged With: based on a video game, execution, genetic memory, Inquistion, Parkour, Spain

HIGH-RISE

April 30, 2016 By 1 Comment

HIGH-RISE

There is nothing subtle about HIGH-RISE, a savage allegorical satire of manic energy and pointed symbolism. Based on the novel of the same name by J.G. Ballard, it stars Tom Hiddleston as an urbane neurologist about to discover his place in the social order, and Jeremy Irons as The Architect (how Masonic?), the emotionally constipated… Read More »

Tagged With: Allegory, anarchy, book to screen, class struggle, J G. Ballard, revolution, Sci-fi, speculative fiction, symbolism

BATMAN V SUPERMAN: DAWN OF JUSTICE

March 25, 2016 By 5 Comments

BATMAN V SUPERMAN: DAWN OF JUSTICE

For most of BATMAN V SUPERMAN’s bloviated pretension, I was merely bored. This half-baked idea studded with ponderous pronouncements, shockingly sedate action sequences, and the simulacrum of serious philosophical inquiry plodded along, weighed down by an overstuffed plot and an underdeveloped narrative. But when we arrived at a meticulous recreation of the deposition from the… Read More »

Tagged With: bathtub splash and tickle, comic book, DC Comics, franchise, Justice League, nightmare, superhero

WORDS, THE

October 21, 2014 By Leave a Comment

THE WORDS is under the impression that is making a profound artistic statement about the creative impulse. It’s not. Though handsomely mounted, as they say, with a gifted cast gracing the screen, the film is diffuse, unfocused, and worst of all, dull, even when indulging in melodrama of the most fulsome variety. Using the slick… Read More »

THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN

October 21, 2014 By Leave a Comment

While Ridley Scott was busy filling THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN, his saga of the Crusades, with sweeping vistas of warfare, oceans of soldiers bent on carnage, and forests of siege engines gliding purposefully towards embattled Jerusalem, he forgot to add a story that would engross an audience. Or even work up a ripple in interest.… Read More »

CASANOVA

October 21, 2014 By Leave a Comment

CASANOVA is a giddy, good-natured romp with lust on its mind and romance in its heart. Balancing the ironic with the ribald, it’s elegantly served up by Lasse Hallstrom, as it celebrates irreverent repartee and sumptuous self-indulgence reined in only by the limits of imagination. Our title character (Heath Ledger) is a male beauty living… Read More »

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