If there is a soulless opposite to the joyous creativity of Pixar’s early master works, it is- actually, it is probably still Cars, a seemingly cynical exercise in marketing toy cars to children. A close second, however, is likely to … Continue reading REVIEW: Lightyear (2022)
Let us talk briefly about bathos. Most people are generally familiar with its homonym pathos, which is an act of persuading an audience via an appeal to their emotions. It describes the technique of most drama, with an artist deliberately choosing … Continue reading REVIEW: Thor: Love & Thunder (2022)
Throw The Truman Show, The Lego Movie, and The Matrix into a blender and you are likely to wind up with something like Free Guy – a new feature starring Ryan Reynolds and directed by Shawn Levy (A Night at the Museum). Guy (Reynolds) is … Continue reading REVIEW: Free Guy (2021)
Johannes “Jojo” Betzler (Roman Griffin Davis) is an enthused 10 year-old member of the Hitler Youth; so dedicated to the Nazi cause that he has Adolf Hitler (Taika Waititi) for an imaginary friend and dreams of showing enough bravery to … Continue reading REVIEW: Jojo Rabbit (2019)
The Norse God Thor (Chris Hemsworth) goes on the hunt to find his missing father Odin (Anthony Hopkins), only to meet an evil sister he never knew he had (Cate Blanchett), get thrown halfway across the universe to a junk … Continue reading REVIEW: Thor: Ragnarok (2017)
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