Reviews of movies, television, games, and whatever else strikes our fancy.
I’m going to tell you this in more detail but just in case you’re seeing this on your way to the theatre I’m going to say it now: **Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales** is a bad movie and you should not see it.
I know what you want to know. _”Is it good?”_
Turns out the sequel to **Prometheus** –and it is very much more a sequel to that movie than it is a prequel **Alien**– is not only good, but retroactively makes **Prometheus** better. What are the odds of that?
Continue reading “Alien: Covenant Review: Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!”
I finally finished watching the first season of Marvel’s latest Netflix series _Iron Fist_. Spoiler alert: it is not a good show.
*John Wick* was a low-budget passion project that was fuelled by Keanu Reeves’ singular focus, reinvigorating his career in the process. So what happens when you take its unique style and add sequel money? Exactly what you’d think. *John Wick: Chapter 2* takes what came before and expands in almost every direction, and creates some spectacular moments in the process. The problem, though, is that *John Wick* now wants to be a *franchise*, and its increased focus on worldbuilding isn’t entirely successful.
It’s a hat trick of not that great movies!
Continue reading “Catch Up Reviews: Fantastic Four, Tomorrowland, and Everest”
_Crimson Peak_ is billed as a scary movie but isn’t scary. It’s also billed as a ghost story but it’s actually just a story that happens to have ghosts in it. What it is is another entry in the Guillermo del Toro catalogue of movies with pitch perfect atmosphere, in this case dark, brooding, and sensual.
Continue reading “‘Crimson Peak’ Review: del Toro Delivers A Sensual Ghost Story”
Did you ever see that movie where a cop goes undercover with a group of criminals and then over time becomes friends with the criminals, falls in love with the lady criminal, feels truly accepted for the first time in his life, and then struggles with whether to turn them in or not? Yes? Well have you seen that movie taking place in 19th century France? No, well then have I got a movie for you!
Continue reading “VIFF Review: The Anarchists”
The Lobster takes place in a world where if you are single for too long, you are turned into an animal, and if you really want to be single, you have to go live in the woods. It sounds weird, and it is, but it’s also a hilarious commentary on our world and relationships and how we sometimes get what’s important wrong. Yes, it’s a bizarre movie, but the best kind of science fiction often is.
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The Assassin is a beautiful film in which nothing at all happens.
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Turns out crime doesn’t pay. Who knew?
Continue reading “VIFF Review: Beeba Boys”
It turns out if you cast charming people in a charming story, you’ll end up with a charming movie. Who knew?
Continue reading “VIFF Review: Brooklyn”
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