Is this the best ensemble family we’ve ever seen on screen? Finding one child actor is hard enough, but finding 3+ is a small miracle. Their love for each other is not only shown, it’s felt in each moment of this film’s first act.
Beyond just the loss of their father, the family’s descent into mourning and darkness is equally disconcerting. Their house becomes a character all its own in the second act. What once was a place filled with…
I was so desperate for more physical conedy in movies, I had no idea the Venom series could provide that in such a fun junk food kind of way.
I was initially concerned this wouldn’t amount to much more than a riff on Rear Window, but De Palma’s “Blow Out” quickly differentiates itself.
Editing is hardly ever an exciting process, but De Palma masterfully transmutes the banal process of sweeping over sounds on a recorded tape into a thrilling roller coaster of a film. This movie is at its best when we’re watching Jack obsessing over his tapes as the camera similarly probes around the set. Both actor and…
I really hate how much I disliked this film. As a massive, lifelong Mad Max fan, I am underwhelmed by this film in a major way. At first, the film opens in an almost identical voiceover to Fury Road, with one or two new voices added to the mix. The film then transitions to the same stock footage of a nuclear explosion incinerating some trees.
This film beats us over the head to remind us that it is a prequel…
