Alternative Title: Mouse After 16
I love a lot of the concepts of this, it’s well shot, it’s pretty creative, but there are a few flies in the ointment. Mark Ruffalo’s character is just SNL Trump and feels WAY out of place. So much of the screen time is weird, rage-y fanfiction with hero characters screaming the f word at him. Look, I despise the guy too but at some point this has to be a character in a movie.…
A Year of Cinematic Classics 2025: Film XIX: Un Chien Andalou
Look, this film’s influence is legendary and I feel immense pressure to understand and feel genuinely captivated as many genuinely are with the film. It’s well-made and so the thought of giving it below 3 stars is difficult. I despise art made only for the gratification of the artist since it is a communicative endeavor and while Un Chien Andalou is not that, I think it is the second…
A Year of Cinematic Classics 2025: Film X: In the Mood for Love
ValentTime draws to a close on a banger in this Year of Cinematic Classics. I was consistently in awe of creative choices from camera movements to the script. This was my first from Wong Kar-wai and I see the reputation is not over-sold. In the Mood for Love is not the film I thought it would be and in many ways it is a companion to Brief…
Alternative Title: Captain Falcon: Courageous Neo-Gaia
I’ve got real problems with this film. It’s shot pretty stock-standard Marvel, it’s got some intrusive humor, the new Falcon means nothing to me and I feel nothing with him, and the villain is pretty underwhelming.
Nonetheless, Sam Wilson played by Anthony Mackie and Thaddeus Ross played by Harrison Ford do elevate this film for me. Ford especially could have phoned it in but I adored all the references to The Incredible Hulk and while…
