Kathryn Bigelow’s 1991 action film Point Break is, as they say, “a keeper”. It is more than 30 years old, and yet there are things it still has to teach action movie directors today. Its visual sense and choreography, and particularly its … Continue reading REVIEW: Point Break (1991)
I think it is important to note that the Wachowskis do not owe their audience a thing. That simply is not how the screen arts – indeed, any arts – are supposed to work. Technology has, over time, stretched out … Continue reading REVIEW: The Matrix Resurrections (2021)
What is the purpose of a sequel? There is an easy commercial answer, of course: to make money. On a creative level, what is its ultimate purpose? To say it is to revisit popular characters and settings does not quite … Continue reading REVIEW: Bill & Ted Face the Music (2020)
Frank (Keanu Reeves) is reluctantly attending his half-brother’s wedding in Paso Robles, California. At the airport he has an unpleasant encounter with Lindsay (Winona Ryder) – who turns out to be Frank’s brother’s ex-fiancée, and is attending the same wedding. … Continue reading REVIEW: Destination Wedding (2018)
Two years have passed since Andy passed over his assortment of childhood toys to a young girl named Bonnie. For most of the toys, life goes on as it always has. For Woody (Tom Hanks), however, Bonnie’s loss of interest … Continue reading REVIEW: Toy Story 4 (2019)
Professional assassin John Wick (Keanu Reeves) has murdered a member of the ‘high table’ – the aristocratic powerbrokers who rule a secret world of killers. Now he is alone, targeted by all thanks to a $14 million dollar price on … Continue reading REVIEW: John Wick Chapter 3: Parabellum (2019)
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