In some respects films like Groundhog Day, Source Code, and Edge of Tomorrow prepared us for Mickey 17. Yet, narratively and visually, director Bong Joon Ho masters all the tropes of those and similar films, while completely entertaining us with something strikingly original.
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The Invisible Man 2020
Hard to determine what exactly I didn't like about this alleged remake of the original Universal classic. Writer/Director Leigh Whannell obviously has the skills to bring any compelling story to the screen so I'll have to blame his writing skills. Nothing worked for me.
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Wide Awake 1998
True Story: Rewind back to 1998, just prior to the initial theatrical release of M.Night Shyamalan’s Wide Awake, I attended a disastrous press screening for the film. Afterwards, I got a frantic call from a local publicist hired to promote the film. She literally begged me to interview M. Night because no one wanted to even meet the director. I asked why it was me that she phoned. Possibly, flattery was her motive since she lauded my reviews as usually fair…
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The Signal 2024
This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
Technically astute, well-cast but overwritten and overlong by two hours. However, with some judicious editing, The Signal could easily have been a two-hour sci-fi thriller, rather than a four-hour miniseries that made most of us cranky.
First, jettison the messy sub plots (the detectives dispatched because they learned the truth.…the crazy lady that lives off the grid), then shuffle the exhaustive flashbacks into chronological order, and finally, reduce the bait and switch trickery at the film’s climax. The result could be…
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