Based on the posthumously published novel of the same name by Robert C. O’Brien, Z for Zachariah seems to already have a cult literary following upset with the Hollywood adaptation. However, seeing the film and then going back to research the book, I can’t stress enough how we need more science fiction “lite” films like […]
This isn’t a remake of the 2000 Sam Rami/Cate Blanchett film, it’s actually an original screenplay by Aussie actor turned director Joel Edgerton (Warrior, The Great Gatsby). Edgerton has been around since Star Wars: Episode II but didn’t really catch the public eye until the Oscar nominated Australian crime film Animal Kingdom in 2010. His
Ryan Reynolds annoys me, there, I said it. Self/Less biggest problem is the baggage that Reynolds brings with him.
It would take much less than seven minutes to fully sum up the lack of originality this new heist film brings to the genre.
Is a film more or less powerful because it’s true or not? I was emotionally unprepared for the impact of “Escobar: Paradise Lost,” which isn’t as much a film about Pablo Escobar as it is a film about the effect he had on those around him. It’s a gripping story that manages to create characters
Before you even start the film, you gotta’ wonder, why anyone would use such a simple title like “Survivor”? It’s such a non-describer, so unspecific, and easily confused with so many other titles and television series. Survivor is a throwback to 90’s thrillers like The Net or The Pelican Brief where our led female is
As Hollywood continues its 80’s & 90’s retrospective remakes, the 1982 horror classic co-written by Steven Spielberg, has been reinvented for the modern day. The original version, followed by its two sequels, have long been the source of controversy due to the fact five of the actors died somewhat of unusual circumstances. Minor details have
After his Truman Show script and the direction he took with Gattaca, writer/director Andrew Niccol was poised to be one of the biggest innovators in modern film. Everything after Gattaca was a disappointment from Simone, Lord of War and more recently The Host. Good Kill reteams the New Zealand filmmaker with Ethan Hawke and with
When a studio refuses to screen a film for critics, usually it’s a bad sign; It also makes that movie like forbidden fruit you just want to see even more. Child 44 certainly has its problems, the biggest Jonathan Price’s screenplay adaptation of Tom Rob Smith’s novel. A good screenwriter should be able to read
By all accounts, True Story should have been a gripping, taught trifecta of brilliant performances. After all in the previous two dramatic films (The Wolf of Wall Street, Moneyball) comedian Jonah Hill landed him Oscar nominations. True Story is director Rupert Goold’s first feature and the first film for Felicity Jones post Theory of Everything