Dunkirk (2017)
Dunkirk (2017) The dialogue is so minimal that there are entire stretches of Dunkirk with not a word spoken. Yet when those words do come they are often as quietly devastating as what we are witnessing on screen. – The tide must be coming in — – How can you tell?– – The bodies are coming back – And it truly does feel as if we are witnessing an extraordinary and even pivotal point in our...
War for the Planet of the Apes (2017)
Ape – ocalypse Now: War for the Planet of the Apes (2017) What a film. Played dead straight, this reboot has been showing us how to do it right since 2011; and now, following Rise and Dawn, Matt Reeves’ War for the Planet of the Apes concludes a great, epic trilogy that has given us a fully satisfying beginning, middle and end. And just to get the bitching out of the way…there is none! Except to say that unless Mr....
Nemo: Heart of Ice
Nemo: Heart of Ice “Sailed from Lincoln [Island] with the morning tide, and a heavy heart. I am discouraged by the fact that my young wife has lately given birth not to a son and heir, as I had been convinced the gods would surely grant me, but a daughter that she has named Janni, for her mother. Though she often brings the child to me and tries to make me love her, I cannot, so great has been my disappointment. Thus I...
Providence Act 2
Providence Act 2 “There’s no gettin’ out. Where I’m from, everything’s like me.” — Brown Jenkin Seamus, down at Galway’s excellent Sub-City Comics doesn’t overly care for Alan Moore. And the main reason appears to be Moore’s many depictions of rape in his work. The writer has explained his reasons for that, but Seamus isn’t buying it. So when I was finished reading Providence Act 1 I was happy to let him know...
Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017)
Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017) I would love to be Michael Keaton as he writes his C.V. “I’ve been Batman (twice); I’ve been Birdman (once, and in an admittedly pretentious load of old nonsense); and now I’m The Vulture in the new Marvel Universe movie Spider-Man: Homecoming.” Noticing a trend here? I am. And I’m jealous as all hell. I wish that my C.V could add a few winged and pissed-off super-creatures to it. Keaton is...
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