TV REVIEW: The Book of Boba Fett 1.4
Boba Fett’s journey from bounty hunter to crime lord largely takes a breather in this fourth episode; the midpoint of the series as a whole. It is an odd episode this time around, one which probably works an awful lot … Continue reading TV REVIEW: The Book of Boba Fett 1.4
REVIEW: Zathura (2005)
Jon Favreau fascinates me. I remember when he was an actor, with aspirations towards directing. These days he’s better known as the director of big-budget features like Iron Man and The Jungle Book He produces and writes Disney+ series based on Star … Continue reading REVIEW: Zathura (2005)
REVIEW: Stargate (1994)
Let us talk about filmmaker Roland Emmerich. Born in Germany, but with the bulk of his career spent in the USA, he is the director of numerous big-budget films including Independence Day (1996), Godzilla (1997), and The Patriot (2000). Emmerich is big on visual effects-driven spectacle, and … Continue reading REVIEW: Stargate (1994)
REVIEW: Out of My League (2020)
‘There’s more dignity in being rejected by someone out of my league,’ says Marta (Ludovica Francesconi), a bright young Italian woman desperate for romance but struggling with worsening cystic fibrosis. Standard treatments are failing her, and she is gradually coming … Continue reading REVIEW: Out of My League (2020)
TV REVIEW: The Book of Boba Fett 1.3
There is a critical difference I think between the Star Wars of George Lucas – essentially the Star Wars of my youth – and the Star Wars that Disney+ is streaming every Wednesday night. A core change appears to be … Continue reading TV REVIEW: The Book of Boba Fett 1.3
REVIEW: Kiss of the Dragon (2001)
Luc Besson is a French film director whose personal brand of slick action thrillers – including Subway, La Femme Nikita, and Leon/The Professional – helped define what Raphaël Bassan named the ‘cinéma du look’. It was a perceived stylistic movement shared with the likes … Continue reading REVIEW: Kiss of the Dragon (2001)
REVIEW: The Dumb Girl of Portici (1916)
Let’s have a look at silent cinema again; in this case at the role of women in silent cinema. If you glance at the earliest motion picture shorts and features, a lot of men immediately come up: Charlie Chaplin, Buster … Continue reading REVIEW: The Dumb Girl of Portici (1916)
REVIEW: Animal Crossing: The Movie (2006)
There have been attempts to adapt videogames into feature films going on for decades now. Hollywood in particular is an industry on a constant look-out for intellectual property with strong ready-made brands, and popular games would seem as viable a … Continue reading REVIEW: Animal Crossing: The Movie (2006)
REVIEW: The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014)
There has been a weird rise in Internet chatter lately from Spider-Man fans demanding that Sony – in addition to continuing their hugely successful films with Marvel Studios – jump back in time and commission a third Amazing Spider-Man movie starring Andrew Garfield. To … Continue reading REVIEW: The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014)
REVIEW: Unhinged (2020)
“Russell Crowe is Unhinged” went the marketing copy, and I would not be surprised to discover that was the premise that sold Solstice Studios on this mercifully brief and vaguely unpleasant road rage thriller. The cast – including Crowe – do … Continue reading REVIEW: Unhinged (2020)
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