Tag: Idris Elba
A House of Dynamite | Review
On a Nuclear Day You Can See Forever: Bigelow’s Living in a Powder-keg, Giving Off Sparks
With the doomsday clock adjusted to eighty-nine seconds to...
The Harder They Fall [Video Review]
Zest of the West: Samuels’ Western Soap Opera Long on Style, Short on Substance
In a film which plays as both recuperation and revisionism,...
Video: Aaron Sorkin’s Molly’s Game – 2017 TIFF Presentation
After Social Network, Moneyball, and Steve Jobs in the tens, Aaron Sorkin finally moves to the front of the camera with his directorial debut...
The Dark Tower | Review
Magic, the Smattering: Arcel’s Alchemy Proves Pointless in Pedestrian Adaptation
Arguably, expectations may have been set a bit too high for The Dark Tower, the...
Top 25 Most Anticipated Studio Films of 2017: #4. Nikolaj Arcel’s The Dark Tower
The Dark Tower
Director: Nikolaj Arcel
Writer: Nikolaj Arcel
It’s an undertaking years in the making, but 2017 will see the first cinematic adaptation of Stephen King’s...
Star Trek Beyond | Review
Back to Basics: Lin Takes Another Franchise Where It Has Bravely Gone Before
Director Justin Lin (Fast and Furious installments three, four, five, and six)...
Finding Dory | Review
Sea Notes: Stanton Revisits Little Lost Fish in the Wide Blue Yonder
To many, 2003’s animated Pixar film Finding Nemo is considered an iconic title,...
The Gunman | Review
The Gun Show: Morel’s Failed Fashioning of Penn Into Unlikely Action Star
If anything, it’s safe to say that The Gunman, the latest film from...
2015 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Cary Fukunaga’s Beasts of No Nation
The main title theme song for "True Detective" now comes to mind when I think of the unfairly talented Cary Fukunaga. A scheduled autumn...
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom | Review
Half Nelson: Chadwick’s Biopic Stretched Thin
An attempt to cover fifty years in the life of South African President Nelson Mandela in the time span...
2014 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Debbie Tucker Green’s Second Coming
Known for exploring psychological terrain with a tactful and poetic profundity, she broke out on filmic terms with the '09 short Heat, British Academy...
Cary Fukunaga & Idris Elba to Take Orders on “Beasts of No Nation”
When not busy making high end commercials for luxury brands (I caught the underwhelming video installation of Sleepwalking in the Rift in Karlovy Vary...
