‘Amazing Spider-Man’ (2012) experiments with a darker tone
Superhero Saturday (Movie review): The Andrew Garfield series experiments with a darker tone and affirms that the 2002 film had it right all along.
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‘Amazing Spider-Man’ (2012) experiments with a darker tone
‘What We Do in the Shadows’ (2014) stretches out one funny joke
Movie review: The movie stretches one joke as far as it can go. Until the TV series.
‘Vanya on 42nd Street’ (1994) is a clever, money-saving film
Mamet Monday (Movie review): This is a clever, money-saving film that only pretends to be a play.
‘Always Be My Maybe’ is exactly what you think it is – but not entirely to its detriment (Movie review)
You know what kind of movie “Always Be My Maybe” (Netflix) is, and the people who made it know what kind of movie it is, but that shared knowledge works in its favor. In this […]
‘Punisher’ gets reimagined as a gore flick in ‘War Zone’ (2008)
Superhero Saturday (Movie review): “Punisher” gets reimagined yet again – this time as a gore flick in the third big-screen outing.
A second opinion: ‘Us’ is a boring piece of beautiful arthouse horror (Movie review)
Writer-director Jordan Peele’s “Us” reminds me of Alex Garland’s “Annihilation” (2018). Both are followups to a breakthrough piece of chilling sci-fi/horror that I and everybody else loved – “Get Out” (2017) in Peele’s case and […]
‘Ghostbusters’ (2016) leans into comedy, drops suspense
Throwback Thursday (Movie review): This women-driven remake successfully leans into the comedy, but it sacrifices suspense.
Bear action, human rivalry vie for attention in ‘The Edge’ (1997)
Mamet Monday (Movie review): “The Edge” is highlighted by intense bear action, but it’s driven by an almost out-of-place human rivalry.
Jane stars in lightweight version of ‘The Punisher’ (2004)
Superhero Saturday (Movie review): Thomas Jane stars in a competent but comparatively lightweight version of the comic vigilante.