Andy Serkis has an interesting career and trajectory. He’s changed cinema with his motion capture expertise on The Lord of the Rings and The Planet of the Apes series. He is one of the most versatile filmmakers behind the scenes, even working as assistant director on The Hobbit trilogy. That experience has culminated in his […]
You would think that a film titled “Marshall” would dive into who Thurgood Marshall was and his groundbreaking role in the American justice system. “Marshall” is helmed by a television director, who only returns to features films after forgotten slapstick comedies “The Ladies Man” and “House Party” from the 90’s. “Marshall” isn’t a biopic as
Audiences may expect some formal drama about the man credited for creating the Wonder Woman comic books. Instead, what they will get is a unique exploration into the threesome behind its origin. Kinky or not, Professor Marston and the Wonder Woman is an unconventional love story about the shared love of three people. I doubt
There are two reasons you are reading this review, both reasons are also why First They Killed My Father exists in the first place. The first, is simply because it’s the latest film from director Angelina Jolie. Her celebrity status as an actor gives her access to audiences that any other director behind such subject
I will be the first to admit the filmmaking on Te Ata (pronounced Tay Ott-Ha )is a bit elementary. It plays like a historical instructional video at times, funded by a church or educational group. The most jarring introduction is the title card of 1906, yet the characters speak modern English dialect. After a slow
It would be simpler to blame this dis-interesting film on Tom Cruise (The Mummy), but isn’t not all his fault. It’s true, Cruise’s prolonged stereotype of the “macho guy”, always cast along side the much younger blond, plays into the “been there, already seen it” feeling you get while watching American Made. But Doug Liman
Not only was the terrorist attack in London on April 30th 1980 similar to the events portrayed in the Oscar winning film Argo, but 6 Days presents itself very similarly. Director Toa Fraser lands his first film with major stars, his previous work on film and in television has failed to propel him to the
The Glass Castle doesn’t work well on screen under director Destin Daniel Cretton’s vision for a handful of reasons. The first and foremost is how the narrative manipulates the audience’s emotions and feelings towards the monstrous father figure. While Harrelson (Wilson) and Larson (Kong Skull Island) are astutely cast, the best parts of the film
The life of Maud Lewis was extraordinarily ordinary, riddled with arthritis, spine deformities, the Nova Scotia woman had every reason to be unhappy. Yet, her life was filled with beauty, color and happiness. Irish director Aisling Walsh taps into everything that made Lewis a national sensation and brings an entirely new wave of interest to
It’s hard to imagine a woman in the early 1900’s forging ahead in a man’s world like Gertrude Bell did. Born in 1868 into a family of means, Gertrude Bell early on set her sights on places far from her native England. She was always cheeky, and when she graduated from Oxford, she was sent