Vishniac (video review)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_nsusdz2zi8
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Sci-Fi/Fantasty
Annihilation (2018)
So, it’s very late. I go to see Alex Garland’s Annihilation at the 10pm show. I know nothing about it. The theater, which has a seating capacity of about 100, is empty – the movie is attended 99 empty seats and me. As the trailers wrap up, I wait for late stragglers to come through […]
Bright (2017)
No, no, no, no, no, no, no. This will not do. I’m sorry but no matter how you bend it, twist it, turn it, pull it or stretch it, the word ‘Orc’ just doesn’t work in a cop buddy movie. The fact that Bright – Netflix’s first attempt at a massive big-budget theatrical-style fantasy – […]
Star Wars Episode VIII: The Last Jedi (2017)
At this point, the last two things that you might expect a Star Wars movie to be are unexpected and unpredictable. After ten theatrical features, you might imagine that you could call every twist and turn; every fiber of this saga seems to have been mined until the surprises are long gone. It is refreshing […]
Transformers: The Last Knight (2017)
Three years ago, when I wrote my review of Transformers: Age of Extinction, I reported afterwards – with a bit of personal curiosity and subconscious pride – that during the third act, I began to daydream about things that had nothing to do with the movie. I figure it was my brain’s natural resistance to […]
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017)
Let’s talk about Baby Groot. He’s precious. You could watch his antics all day. He’s like a cute puppy, he could be the star of a series of YouTube videos where you watch him do anything. Clearly the people behind Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 know what they have in Baby Groot. They understood it the […]
Rogue One (2016)
It is understandable to approach Rogue One – the Star Wars saga’s first stand-alone adventure – with a touch of trepidation. Massive experiments in narrative time-bending have never been this series’ strong point. I must admit that, up until I saw the movie, I had been predicting that it would be a stem-to-stern appetizer, a movie […]
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016)
There is an uneasy dual identity to the whole Harry Potter world that no self-respecting super-fan might ever want to admit. The cute spectacle of mail owls and Bowtruckles have always had to fight for space amid Death Eaters, torture spells and portents of doom fit for a horror show. In the books, it is […]
Arrival (2016)
We have probably all thought about it at one time or another. What would it be like if – or rather when – we are finally visited by an intelligent species from another world? What would be gained once we stopped rattling the sabers and let the brain trust have a crack at trying to […]
