A fantastical musical journey through some of the greatest Western music ever written, Fantasia ought to be required viewing for musicians and artists alike, as it combines the two in a way not quite replicated before or since.
What most people forget about the “film” is that the Sorcerer’s Apprentice segment is only a ten-minute short in a two-hour production of some of the most beautiful and mesmerizing musical animation ever created. I say “film” because it almost defies genre-…
A great comedic interpretation of Rudy Ray Moore’s story in the vein of Ed Wood and The Disaster Artist, Dolemite Is My Name brings to a more mainstream audience what lovers of B-movies and blaxploitation have known for years: Rudy Ray Moore is one of the funniest filmmakers of all time.
Having seen and loved Dolemite (the production of which is the focus of this film) and Petey Wheatstraw, I was ecstatic to see Eddie Murphy bring the godfather of…
You would think the director of End of Watch would know how to make a cop movie.
But he also directed Suicide Squad, so never mind.
Unfortunately, Ayer didn’t have the luxury of just making a cop action flick, since Netflix instead saddled him with a fantasy epic. That means that he has to worldbuild, and fast— something he instead chooses to simply not do. Aside from some vague dialogue about a war that happened 2,000 years ago, there’s nothing…
A great documentary for something that had happened so recently at its release date. It’s also perfect doc fodder because of the huge amount of footage that the filmmakers had to work with from the festival and promotions, much of which is quite incriminating. It’s main theme is just how damaging a narcissist with a big ego can be to a business, and how it’s always the people at the bottom who pay the biggest price, in this case the…
