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....
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...
The Mummy (2017)
Nothing Will Prepare You… The Mummy (2017) “In a culture inured even to the shock of the new, in which today’s news is tomorrow’s history to be forgotten entirely or recycled in some unimaginably debased form, ‘70s movies retain their power to unsettle; time has not dulled their edge, and they are as provocative now as they were the day they were released… The thirteen years between Bonnie and Clyde in 1967 and Heaven’s Gate in 1980...
Wonder Woman (2017)
Love and Sorrow: Wonder Woman (2017) What a very, very frustrating film. There is so much to like about it. And then there are equally as many scenes where you just grind your teeth at how close they come to making a really interesting superhero film…but not quite close enough. And there’s no getting around it: my main problem is with the casting of Gal Gadot; and since it’s the title role as Diana, the Wonder Woman, that’s kind...
Alien: Covenant (2017)
The Lonely Perfection of My Dreams: Alien: Covenant (2017) The brief prologue to Ridley Scott’s Alien: Covenant is as intriguing, clever and illuminating an opening as I’ve seen in while. In retrospect, I find that the film’s major themes are given to us here, in the time that it takes to run the opening credits. Taking place before the events of the disappointing 2012 Prometheus, we see a younger Peter Weyland (Guy Pearce), the...
Oh No, I’m a Racist Asshole! Passing by The Dark Tower
Oh No, I’m a Racist Asshole! Passing by The Dark Tower I’ve just finished reading The Waste Lands, Stephen King’s third volume in his The Dark Tower series. So, I guess that will tell you I’m not all that into it. I am a fan of King, just not of this beloved fantasy series. I’ve somehow never gotten it, despite many attempts over the years. Therefore the film adaptation shouldn’t really bother me all that much. Before I came...
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