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Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2009
The point at which these movies stop feeling like a collection of episodes in a mini-series and start feeling like movies. Half-Blood Prince follows a more cinematic structure, avoiding the school-year rhythm of the precious films, is visually impressive, and features performances from a more-experienced cast to take a step up in quality above its predecessors.
Of particular note in this film is Jim Broadbent's performance who is the first to create a character with human depth in the featured…
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A Clockwork Orange 1971
Kubrick is a master of the image. A Clockwork Orange is filled with intricately-crafted, unforgettable images. The reputation of the film is based mostly on these images and their cultural impact. The film stumbles in the moments between these images and falls flat when trying to construct some meaning out of this collection of classic shots and college dorm room posters.
Kubrick's decision to use content of the novel of the same name to create a farce makes A Clockwork…
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Western 2017
"We came here to work."
A masterful little piece of realism and intercultural relationships. Grisebach does a superb job of capturing the feeling of being an outsider in a place one doesn't understand. Subtle moves like camera angles on the backs of heads and confused point of view shots make for unsettling moments that are common when one is in a new place and doesn't understand the language or culture.
The nonprofessional performances are mostly good with Neumann playing perfectly…
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The Mummy 1932
The Mummy does very little with the mesmerizing Karloff. Though most pre-code films are very talky, they usually manage some suspense. Here, there's neither suspense, nor action, nor horror. Outside of a few memorable closeups of Karloff, most scenes are bland exposition dumps performed by a couple people sitting in nondescript rooms.
A flashback sequence contains something slightly outside of the monotony of the other scenes, but it's not particularly outstanding compared to other such set pieces of the same…
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