I was excited to catch “Peninsula,” writer-director Yeon Sang-ho’s follow-up to “Train to Busan,” his zombies-on-a-bullet-train movie from 2016. In this sequel, lazily retitled “Train to Busan Presents Peninsula” for American audiences, the zombies are back again to wreak havoc on a South Korean family. The end result is disappointing, as returning director Yeon Sang-ho’s sequel lacks the freshness and originality of its predecessor, replacing the exciting set-pieces in favor of bigger-budgeted spectacle.
Read moreJ.C. Chandor Signs Up to Direct ... Superhero Movie?!
J.C. Chandor ("Margin Call," "All Is Lost," "A Most Violent Year") is a first-rate filmmaker who hasn't even hit his peak yet. Hell, I even liked his last, critically divisive, film, the “Treasure of the Sierra Madre” ripoff “Triple Frontier.” So you can bet I was crushed to hear that Chandor “is in talks” to direct Sony’s “Kraven the Hunter,” a Spider-Man spinoff [via Justin Kroll].
Read moreWhy Online Slots with 5 Reels Are the Best
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5 of The Most Beautiful Nature Documentaries Ever Released
The history of documentaries begins with 1922’s “Nanook of the North”, a silent film by Robert J. Flaherty who immortalized the struggles of an Inuk man named Nanook in the Canadian Arctic. While he was accused of staging certain scenes - classifying his movie as a “docudrama” - it did start a tradition that lives on to this day.
Read more‘Death on the Nile': Armie Hammer and Gal Gadot Star in Agatha Christie Adaptation [Trailer]
After the box-office success, despite the mixed reviews, of “Murder on the Orient Express,” here’s another Hercule Poirot movie. This time the famous literary Belgian detective is swapping the railroad for the high seas in “Death on the Nile.”
Read moreFamous Prisons Featured In Television And Film That You Can Visit
Some of the most harrowing scenes in television and film are set in prisons, which means that common tourist attractions that fans of film and television want to see are the prisons in which these scenes are filmed. There are many around the world that visitors will be able to see, and some of them even allow visitors to step inside the cell to gain an understanding of what the character would have been feeling like in the scenes. These are some of the most famous prisons that you can visit around the world that have featured in television shows or film.
Read more‘On the Rocks': Sofia Coppola Reunites With Bill Murray for Apple TV+ Movie [Trailer]
Ever since releasing her 2003 film “Lost in Translation,” Sofia Coppola has been, suffice to say, lost in her ability to follow-up on the promise of that movie, still, to this day, her biggest critical and commercial success.
Read more‘An Easy Girl': A Rohmer-Esque Coming-Of-Age Tale [Review]
Rebecca Zlotowski’s 2016 World War II film, “Planetarium,” starring Lily Rose and Natalie Portman, may not be a fully successful “genre” film, but it does announce the arrival of a new and vibrant talent. Zlotowski’s “An Easy Girl” had its debut at last year’s Cannes Film Festival where it was crowned Best French Film of the Director’s Fortnight sidebar. And yet, it’s taken a whole year for it to finally get released in the U.S, and via Netflix, no less.
Read moreMartin Scorsese's ‘The Irishman' Added to Criterion Collection
‘Unhinged': Road Rage For Dummies [Capsule Review]
Under normal circumstances, this outrageous B-movie would come and go — without making much noise. However, Russell Crowe’s new endeavor, “Unhinged,” an exploitation film if there ever was one, has taken full advantage of the COVID-19 pandemic by promoting itself as the first feature film to be shown exclusively in movie theaters since the shutdown of theaters began in early March.
Read more‘Project Power': A Big, Dumb Netflix Superhero Movie [Capsule Review]
You liked David Ayer’s “Bright”? Well, Netflix’s “Project Power” might just be the street-based superhero flick for you. This anti-drug parable deals with an American government intent on medically experimenting on -shock- black people.
Read moreNY Governor Cuomo Won't Reopen Movie Theaters Because They're “Less Essential" and “High Risk."
I have been closely following the situation over in New York, where Governor Andrew Cuomo has instilled some of the harshest and most restrictive COVID-19 laws in the entire country. Given that New York City is the biggest movie market in the country, “Tenet” not opening there would be a major financial hit for Warner Bros.
Read moreDirector Cristi Puiu Says It’s ‘Inhuman’ to Watch His New Movie with a Mask On
Romanian director Cristi Puiu will always be known as the filmmaker who gave us 2006’s masterful “The Death of Mr. Lazarescu,” one of the very best movies of the 2000s and a scathing indictment on the Romanian health care system. ‘Lazarescu’ clocked in at 153 minutes, whereas his ensuing films (“Aurora” and “Sieranevada”) were just over three hours in length.
Read moreHow to Write a Great Movie Review Step by Step?
In every film, there are moments, realizing which there is a desire to share them with other people. If the film is interesting to the audience, then it deserves the attention of critics and it does not matter at all whether it is a masterpiece or a completely mediocre work. A good review ought to engage, advise, and persuade readers, contain a remarkable assessment, and not uncover all the subtleties of the plot. Through our article, you will figure out how to write reviews on films, detail captivating populations, and compose these reviews, the quality of which won't be sub-par compared to the first material (the film itself).
Read more‘Beauty And The Beast' Director Says Every Single Disney Animated Film Is Better Than Its Live-Action Remake
So here's how it usually works these days Hollywood. A formula working well at the box-office? Well, how about we just recycle it again and again and again ... And once that idea stalls then how about we bank on the nostalgia of the original and reboot it into a whole new package. Disney's caught on to this like real pros with their juggernaut franchises, in fact, that's all they seem to be doing — Marvel, Star Wars, animation etc. not a single original thought conceived, they have to stick with what people already know, what people are comfortable with, what doesn't provoke new thoughts.
Read moreFirst Unofficial Reactions for Christopher Nolan's ‘Tenet' Are Positive
Christopher Nolan’s “Tenet” is only coming out in Europe/Canada in 11 days, but that hasn’t stopped Warner Bros. from screening the film for press in certain countries. One of those countries is Canada, where a highly secretive press screening took place in Toronto this past week. I was sent two reactions to the film by journalists who were lucky enough to have attended a screening, which had a theater at just 5% capacity. Also, press were allowed not to wear masks once the movie started.
Read more‘Spree': Shocking Rideshare Movie is a Provocative Satire [Review]
Martin Scorsese’s “Taxi Driver” started it and now “Spree,” another film about a socially-isolated loner gone haywire, tries to expand on that formula by tackling a social media-obsessed millennial. If anything, director Eugene Kotlyarenko’s social commentary is all about our amoral age, where people try to “get noticed” online for the most inane and artificial reasons. It may be over-the-top in its murderous assumptions, but the message is heard loud and clear.
Read more‘Beau Travail’ Getting 4K Restoration Re-Release In September
I wrote back in my IndieWire days on the 10 Films That Should Be in the Criterion Collection, the article was written more than 5 years ago and five of those titles still haven’t gotten the Criterion treatment (Enter the Void, Sunrise, Freaks, Atlantic City, Talk to Her) whilst the other five have, including Claire Denis’ “Beau Travail”).
Read more‘Boys State’: Sundance 2020 Doc Winner Makes A Case For Mutual Understanding in Politics [Review]
A24 and Apple are joining forces to win that documentary Oscar with “Boys State,” which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival this past January. The critics fell hard for directors Jesse Moss and Amanda McBaine’s feel-good politico doc which tackles the annual mock gubernatorial race in Austin involving 1,100 boys.
Read moreChristopher Nolan's ‘Tenet' Screened For Press in Canada
In case you were still in denial that Christopher Nolan’s “Tenet” was actually coming out at the end of the month, here comes some more news, this time from North of the border as Canadian press in Toronto, albeit a very limited and select few, caught Nolan’s film this past week. A journo who attended the highly secretive screening had mostly positive things to say about the film, I won’t mention anything else, but, suffice to say, upon hearing the news, I immediately emailed a WB contact I had in Canada, and he indeed confirmed that more press screenings are coming about shortly.
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