Review: Room (2015) · 1:32am Dec 29th, 2015
Irish director Lenny Abrahamson crafts a deeply moving, intense and intimate portrait of human triumph and motherly determination in this striking film.
Irish director Lenny Abrahamson crafts a deeply moving, intense and intimate portrait of human triumph and motherly determination in this striking film.
George Miller's third entry in his iconic Mad Max franchise is possibly the most unabashedly cheesy entry in the series, yet still manages to find its place among the likes of the far more visceral Mad Max, The Road Warrior, and Fury Road. In what was really the first properly budgeted Mad Max film, Miller, and his co-director George Ogilvie hype the franchise up to it's extremes, going bigger, louder and hammier, and in many ways, that's what gives it it's own, uniquely
Peter Berg's intense, 2007 thriller is an unjustly overlooked entry into the terrorism film sub-genre. Being both a politically charged and action packed thriller, Berg creates a film that still holds relevance, even eight years after its release.
I suppose it could have been worse, I guess.
Director Todd Haynes crafts an incredibly subdued, sedate cinematic examination of lesbianism in the 50s, and, while the film is certainly beautiful to look at, it's central storyline is marred by unintentionally unsympathetic main protagonists, and a general sense of been-there-done-that in regards to it's depiction of lesbianism, and the well worn and overdone 'illicit romance' movie formula.
This week went by rather fast. I started my week with a school trip. Already wrote a bit about that. You can kind of see my senioritis in my writing. I'm so fucking lazy that I don't even feel like masturbating! I become a bitch in heat, but I don't feel like making the effort to reach down and polish the pearl. I auditioned for and made it into the dance ensemble. I'm actually doing my math homework because an A in the class will get me out of the final exam. In film studies, we
It is often said that making a truly anti-war film is impossible. That in showing the act of war, we glamorize it.
Well, apparently Stanley Kubrick didn't get that memo, because Full Metal Jacket shows just how horribly unglamorous and inglorious warfare can be, all while filtered through an almost sarcastic, deeply impersonal filter.
. . . we play one of the most beloved renditions of the Canadian national anthem ''O Canada'' committed to film and dedicate it to our Canadian followers.
Alfred Hitchcock's slasher-thriller is one of the best films in the genre, and one of the best Hitchcock films period.
More of an experience then a standard film, Paul Thomas Anderson’s sixth feature is a tightly wound, disturbing yet fascinating character study, while also providing one of the best examinations of the cult mentality put to film in recent memory.
Ahoy, Mateys! And a very Happy New Year to ye too!
This be yer jolly film, TV show, and episode buccaneer here with another shilling of a review.
Today, for me first film review of 2023, I be given ye scallawags me third take on a member of the VeggieTales franchise: "Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie".
*clears throat to quit talking like a pirate*
Rating Scale:
12/10—a complete masterpiece; flawless and outstanding
11/10—Excellent, near-perfect film
10/10—the standard rating; awesome film with a couple of flaws
9/10—a wonderful film with several flaws
8/10–a great film with numerous flaws but not enough to ruin it
Yes, yes. Welcome, one and all! It's me, back and happy to give you lot another blog post to gaze upon. And if you appreciate blogs of immense length, you're in luck.
As you may have seen from the title, this is my list for my top-viewed/only-viewed films of the year Twenty-Seventeen. An overall bad year, in my earnest opinion, but that's why we have explosives to play with. Hur, hur, hurrr...
Let's dig in, shall we?
Six
I mean, seriously, the sheer number of Sonic-related media that was released last year is simply ridiculous:
1) The highly anticipated sequel to the surprisingly well-received live-action movie from 2020
2) A new 3D platformer game that features the very first open world of the series
SeXcElLeNt!
This is quite possibly the worst movie I have ever seen. Not a single second of it was the least bit decent. Every frame of this piece of shit is an abomination! There is no number low enough to rate it with, but I guess I’ll just go with 0/10!!!!!
Possibly the greatest science fiction film ever made, Stanley Kubrick's 1968 opus manages to take the audience on an intense, enrapturing 160 journey from The Dawn of Man to Jupiter and Beyond the Infinite, standing apart from every other entry in the genre to not only be a genre milestone, but a milestone in film itself.
The words 'cute' or 'endearing' aren't exactly words one uses to describe the filmography of Paul Thomas Anderson, a director whose filmography is known for its cynical and, at times, pessimistic look at human nature. These words are also not ones I'd use to describe Adam Sandler, a man whose 'films' generally consist of a vulgar sludge of lowest brow humor that would make a caveman want to destroy any and all traces of them.