An assured and energetic visual style, reliant almost to the point of over-reliance on short tracking shots and quick dissolves, makes this futuristic Born Losers worth watching. It is set not so far in the future as to pose problems …
by Duncan ShepherdRise of the Planet of the Apes alone justified the advent of CGI. With it comes a worthy successor. No other-worldly Hollywood actioner of recent vintage come close to playing by the rules of the robust fantasy universe it puts …
by Scott MarksThe ten-minute tournament — an over-produced Decathlon after the fashion of TV’s American Ninja Warrior — does nothing but rehash past glory and pad a hulking two-and-a-half hour (!) running time. Diana Prince (Gal Gadot) now works as a high …
by Scott MarksJust as Tom Hardy’s taciturn Max was not the dramatic center of direc…
Set several generations in the future following Caesar’s reign, apes …
Garfield (voiced by Chris Pratt), the world-famous, Monday-hating, la…
After their car breaks down in an eerie small town, a young couple (M…
He’s a stuntman, and like everyone in the stunt community, he gets bl…
A celebration of the most iconic – and much missed – homegrown star o…
When a group of friends recklessly violates the sacred rule of Tarot …
Luca “Director of Desire” Guadagnino’s tennis movie isn’t really abou…
A classmate introduces teenage Owen to a mysterious late-night TV sho…
Takumi and his daughter live in Mizubiki Village, close to Tokyo. One…
Darren Barrenman (Chris Pine) is a native Los Angeleno who spends his…
It’s telling that the two war photographers at the center of Alex Gar…
Self-consciousness must surely be the keynote of the Mad Max sequel, which would appear to have been made in astonished response to the popular and critical approval heaped on the unassuming forerunner, and which, as a result, appears to be …
by Duncan ShepherdThe 20th Century Fox fanfare (with CinemaScope addendum) is performed on jungle drums and didgeridoo. Sometimes, a film earns points even before the opening credits hit the screen; other times, a variation on a studio logo is as avant garde …
by Scott MarksThe ten-minute tournament — an over-produced Decathlon after the fashion of TV’s American Ninja Warrior — does nothing but rehash past glory and pad a hulking two-and-a-half hour (!) running time. Diana Prince (Gal Gadot) now works as a high …
by Scott Marks