Tag: Studio Films

Top 25 Most Anticipated Studio Films of 2019

And between the remakes, prequels, sequels, reboots and rehashes pouring out of the Hollywood studio system, we sift through the detritus of continual superhero...

Top 25 Most Anticipated Studio Films of 2018: DuVernay, McQueen & Scorsese Top the List

Looking forward to the theatrical pleasures of 2018, the Hollywood studio system seems mostly a foregone conclusion save for a handful of items which...

Last Knights | Review

About Last Knight: Kiriya’s Culture Club Reimagining of the Feudal System It’s unclear for who or for what reason Japanese director Kazuaki Kiriya decided to...

Get Hard | Review

The Harder They Fall: Cohen Takes Us Back To Racial Stereotypes of Yore Screenwriter Etan Cohen makes his directorial debut with Get Hard, a crass,...

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...

Insurgent | Review

Rebel Heart: Schwentke Usurps Plebeian YA Franchise In many ways, Insurgent is an easier film to watch than its 2014 predecessor, Divergent, in which we...

Focus | Review

The Grift of Love: Ficarra & Requa’s Perfunctory Take on the Art of the Con Those hoping for a scintillating update on the con-artist sub-genre...

McFarland, USA | Review

Personal Best: Caro Returns to Studio Filmmaking with Feel-Good Adaptation It’s been a while since we’ve heard anything from New Zealand director Niki Caro, who...

Exodus: Gods and Kings | Review

Death on the Nile: Scott’s Biblical Epic Unworthy of the Gods Arriving just in time for ritual slaughter is Ridley Scott’s update on the Moses...

Sin City: A Dame to Kill | Review

Love the Sinner: Miller & Rodriguez Bring Back Hyperstylized Noir with Mixed Results It has been almost a decade since the visually innovative Sin...

The Giver | Review

Tis Better to Give: Noyce’s Adaptation Too Little Too Late in YA Dystopic Cinema In today’s onslaught of dystopic film franchises dominated by adaptations of...

Mr. Majestyk | Blu-ray Review

To recall the cinema of Charles Bronson, one can’t get far without referencing his sterling epoch in 1970s era American film, a period eclipsed...

Into the Storm | Review

Storm Drain of the Century: The Disaster Film Gets a Retrofit It’s unclear if there’s any real point to the rather silly conception of...

Get On Up | Review

The F in Funk: Brown’s Biopic Lodged in a White Man’s World For all the preliminary grumbling about white actors portraying Egyptians in a...

Guardians of the Galaxy | Review

Rocket Fuelled; Gunn Pleasures Summer PG-Spot It's the end of the world as we know it. Or so the popcorn films of the summer thus...

Separate Tables | Blu-ray Review

Playwright and screenwriter Terence Rattigan was an indubitable influence on mid-century British cinema. He authored several of the era’s most notable titles, including The...

Lucy | Review

In the Sky With Diamonds: Besson’s Latest a Crock of Crack-pot Sci-Fi It’s rather a shame to report that Luc Besson’s latest directorial effort, Lucy,...

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes | Review

Monkey Trouble: Reeves Get a Crack at Famed Cinematic Simian Franchise It’s kind of wild to think how much cinematic mileage (now eight films and...

Tammy | Review

Tammy Girl: Falcone’s Debut a Tepid Turkey Rex Reed might have been better served to save his wayward disparagements about the cinematic talents of Melissa...

Jersey Boys | Review

Jersey Show: Eastwood Plays It Safe with Broadway Adaptation While it earns a great deal of credibility due to the retention of several notable cast...

Criterion Collection: All that Heaven Allows | Blu-ray Review

As Laura Mulvey’s essay, “An Articulate Screen” contends, 1955’s All That Heaven Allows was “just another critically unnoticed Hollywood genre product,” the attempt for...

Edge of Tomorrow | Review

Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow: Liman’s Simple Sci-Fi is Lean Entertainment Considerable praise is in order for director Doug Liman and a trio of screenwriters...

The Fault in Our Stars | Review

Never Having to Say You’re Sorry: Boone’s Adaptation Jerks Your Tears Director Josh Boone adapts John Green’s popular 2012 novel The Fault in Our Stars...

Maleficent | Review

Moralificent: Stromberg’s Debut Gets a Dastard Disney Straitjacket Anticipation has been extremely high for Disney’s live action dedication to one of their most enjoyably memorable...

Chef | Review

Mostly Favreau: Actor/Director’s Return to Indie Scene a Pleasant Surprise A thinly veiled allegory for Jon Favreau’s own career, whether he consciously means it to...