Tag: Samuel L. Jackson
Spiral: From the Book of Saw [Video Review]
Spin Spin Murder: Bousman Returns to the Good Book in Franchise Tangent
There’s perhaps little glory in holding the distinction of being the ‘best’ entry...
Glass | Review
Walking on Broken Glass: Shyamalan Completes Superhero Trilogy with Chatty, Diagnostic Denouement
For a film nineteen years in the making, M. Night Shyamalan’s highly anticipated...
Top 100 Most Anticipated American Indie Films of 2018: #74. Dan Fogelman’s Life Itself
Life Itself
With all the intersecting ensemble threads promised for his sophomore film, hopefully Dan Fogelman will better manage the puzzles pieces as we weren't...
Kong: Skull Island | Review
Kong’s Crib: Vogt-Roberts Strains Weak Characters Through Special Effects Pageant
In the continuing tradition of flinging fledgling indie directors into studio tent pole franchise reboots,...
Miss Peregrine’s School for Peculiar Children | Review
Let’s Do the Time Loop Again: Burton’s Back with Another Belabored Children’s Fantasy
The time has long since passed when Tim Burton was able to...
The Legend of Tarzan | Review
Monkey See, Monkey Do: Seditious Subtexts of the White Savior in Latest Tarzan Adaptation
Certain properties are best left alone, allowed to exist in the...
The Hateful Eight | Review
For a Few Hours More: Tarantino’s Flamboyant Style Stamped onto a Salami Western
Quentin Tarantino returns with his latest feature, The Hateful Eight, another retro...
Chi-raq | Review
Sexual Healing: Spike Lee’s New Joint Aims to Anoint
Provocateur Spike Lee continues to fling his ambition into surprising experimental formats and narratives. Following the...
Big Game | Review
Rules of the Game: Helander’s Schlocky English Language Debut
Even though the film seems perfectly well aware of its own silliness as it recapitulates formulaic...
Avengers: Age of Ultron | Review
The Wrath of Bland: Whedon’s Poo Poo Platter Continues
Mainstream event cinema continues to shackle box office glory and narrative familiarity to a creative deathbed...
Kingsman: The Secret Service | Review
Eggsy’s Game: Vaughn’s Hyperviolent Reinterpretation of the Super Spy Caper
While a release in February doesn’t speak highly of Twentieth Century Fox’s hopes for the...
Top 25 Most Anticipated Studio Films of 2015: #4. Quentin Tarantino’s The Hateful Eight
The Hateful Eight
Director: Quentin Tarantino // Writer: Quentin Tarantino
The film that almost wasn’t due to a draft of the script being leaked in early...
Kite | Review
Go Fly One: Ziman’s Anime Adaptation a Denuded, Unnecessary Endeavor
Those familiar with Yasuomi Umetsu’s 1998 fifty minute anime of the same name will be...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2013: #96. Spike Lee’s Oldboy
Oldboy
Director: Spike Lee
Writer(s): Mark Protosevich (first credit was The Cell)
Producer(s): Quandrant Pictures' Doug Davison, Primal Pictures' Roy Lee
U.S. Distributor: Film District
Cast: Samuel L. Jackson,...
