Title should burst into flames upon completion of film. Aside from clashing bat-talions nothing is
particularly good, but except for Papa Lannister’s exposition Dance, nothing is
terribly bad either. Well-executed if
extremely formulaic and somewhat clichéd origin story even if nobody got their
accents right in this game of bones.
Monday, March 14, 2016
Thursday, March 10, 2016
Seventh Son
Awful expository voiceover.
Contrived Romeo & Juliet subplot.
Badly spelled-out plot twists. Semi-plagiarized Howard score. Jon Snow
knowing less than nothing. Julianne’s a-moore-al cliché of a villainess. And Jeff Bridges as Aldo Raine as Gandalf is
seventh sign of film’s colossal failure. Brilliant writers expand mediocre book
into awful film.
Actors & Director:
Djimon Hounsou,
Jeff Bridges,
Julianne Moore,
Olivia Williams
Monday, March 7, 2016
Short Term 12
The Larsonist strikes again, burning brilliantly bright in
this tragically uplifting dive into a world that desperately needed
exploration. Electrifying TV stars
barely avoid being outshone by their exceptional juvenile charges. Chases down and tackles difficult taboo
topics without ever feeling exploitative or sugarcoated. Where’s Soderbergh for Short Term 13?
Thursday, March 3, 2016
Dark Places
Charlize is the only bright spot amidst an otherwise dismal
display. Unrewarding Hoult leads a
painfully inept and overdue investigation that somehow successfully proves that
several small coincidences are all actually just… one ridiculously massive
coincidence. Dissatisfying plot
resolution and disappointing failure to get as dark as it should.
Actors & Director:
Charlize Theron,
Chloe Moretz,
Corey Stoll,
Nicholas Hoult,
Tye Sheridan
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