When Richard Donner brought Superman to the screens back in 1978, it not only changed the face of superhero movies but it set such a high bar that nothing would ever touch it or even get close to touching it, especially when you have Christopher Reeve as the lead, an actor who not only looked…
Tag: Adventure
Jurassic World: Rebirth
Think back to 1992, when Jurassic Park first hit the screens and how awe-inspiring it was. Dinosaurs that were not stop motion but seemed real, interacting with humans and Steven Spielberg using all the muster he had from Jaws to produce an exciting, nail-biting adventure. The next two had their moments, but it was a…
Elio
When you look at the plot synopsis for Elio, you would find it hard to believe that this is an original story: a lonely boy looking for friendship finds it in an alien. Immediately, your thoughts go to E.T. Yet this is a Pixar movie, and even though the animation may be inspired by several…
How To Train Your Dragon
I have grown so tired of the trend of reworking animated features into live-action films. Disney seems to have built their studios around it recently, to the point that I have struggled to even venture to see Lilo & Stitch. When I first became aware of DreamWorks entering the same world as the House of…
Karate Kid: Legends
Since the 80s, there has been one franchise that won’t lie down: The Karate Kid. We’ve had four original movies (including the dire The Next Karate Kid, which could have been the death knell of the series); the 2010 reboot, and, more recently, Cobra Kai (not forgetting the animated TV series). Now we have Karate…
Ballerina
The John Wick films have been a surprising success of the 21st century. Ultra-violent action movies that have improved with each episode, culminating in the fourth entry, which features a spectacular fight sequence in Montmartre, Paris, that has taken the action flick to a whole new level. It’s a world that could be expanded, and…
Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning
I wonder if Tom Cruise wakes up in the morning with a thought of doing something dangerous, then goes and tells his production team to put it in a movie, because, once again, the 8th and, possibly, final episode in the hugely successful Mission: Impossible series, The Final Reckoning, has the Cruise doing things that…
Thunderbolts*
Marvel Studios and the Cinematic Universe have not had the best times since Avengers: Endgame. A series of films underperforming at the box office, new characters that many didn’t care too much about, a chief villain who would be the franchise’s future that had to be dumped due to the actor’s personal activities and a…
The Acountant 2
In 2016, a middle-tier action thriller called The Accountant hit the screen, about a man on the autistic spectrum who doubled as an accountant and a hired killer. It was hardly remarkable, and while it wasn’t a box office bomb, it didn’t ignite it either. It does seem strange, however, that it has been given…
A Minecraft Movie
What I know about the computer game Minecraft could be written on the back of a postage stamp. Going into A Minecraft Movie, I thought I would learn what it was all about. What I left the film with is an utter feeling of dread and despair. If this is the future of cinema, then…
Flow
Recently, we had the fabulous The Wild Robot, which captured a world of beauty and innocence with an animation that was a treat for the eyes and all the senses. Now we have Flow, another animation from Latvia that would make for a perfect companion piece to the Dreamworks feature, for this simple yet incredibly…
Captain America: Brave New World
There was a time when Marvel was almost untouchable for making enjoyable, exciting blockbusters. Nearly every film before Avengers: End Game was of a very high standard in storytelling, world creation and the film’s general look. Ever since then, however, things haven’t gone their way, and the wheels started coming off the Marvel wagon, from…
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