I just felt déjà vu through out the entirety of the movie, like James Manigold just gave his classic film Walk The Line a face lift but with Bob Dylan instead of Johnny Cash. There is plenty of stuff you enjoy but I’ve seen this exact same story A LOT.
Is there compelling performances, sure, but it’s lead just looked more confused about his cues and marks and was just hired to look pretty.
Biopics about musicians can make for…
I want to admit a certain bias here, I remember actively reading the monthly series where Sam Wilson became Captain America and I loved those comics. This film, just like those comics I loved, embraces Sam more as a symbol and is a parable about values. Sam is fully aware of what his new title means and it’s less about can he overcome insurmountable odds but rather the manner of which he overcomes them. That’s the heart of the narrative…
I’ve stated in previous reviews that the best horror movies are ones that stand as allegories towards horrors that we the audience face. Robert Egger’s Nosferatu was to me a parable about women’s bodily autonomy, Misery is about hero worship, The Substance is a brutal and vicious takedown of beauty standards and today’s social media landscape.
This is a powerhouse of a story where we quite literally see ourselves and the version we present ourselves to others on Instagram as…
It was a random happen stance of looking through a film list where I saw this and said, “you know what, I don’t think I’ve seen this” and spent the evening enthralled by an incredibly good movie.
Kurosawa doesn’t get enough credit for his cultural impact on film. Everything that makes him the legendary director is on full display here: wide shots of vast colors that show the conflict of ideas, quiet moments of reflection that speak more without dialogue,…
