This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
I am kind of picky about movies in a franchise which cannot stand alone narratively but this opens like a pinball being launched into to play and lighting up a "IN MEDIA RES HOURS ARE NOW IN SESSION" neon target and hoo dogger this is a strong start.
This is a movie about a man named John Wick who is objectively cooler than Batman. Bruce Wayne had one bad thing happen to him as a kid and ever since has…
I have rewatched John Carpenter's _Escape From New York_ twice in the past week (the whole thing is on youtube if you've never seen it) and I think it has eclipsed both _Big Trouble in Little China_ and _They Live_ as my favorite John Carpenter project.
This is bold praise because BTILC is probably the most entertaining movie ever made, and easily the movie I rewatched the most that is not Star Wars or Empire Strikes Back. They Live has…
This movie is a lot. It was more engaging than I was expecting and the three characters at its core — Henry, his roommate Otis and Otis' sister Becky — are all fascinating. I like how it plays with the idea of voyeurism, they way it opens with a series of lingering lurid shots of women that Henry has butchered as we hear their screams echoing in the background. Also the way some of the movie's roughest scenes are seen…
ooof this is an incredibly mean and cynical movie. It's also probably the best portrayal of a so-called Nice Guy. It is highly entertaining and is infused with a Glengarry Glen Ross kind of snappy banter, but it pulls no punches in showing you what business bros are like. My capacity for misandry grew three sizes.
