I can’t undead if undeading is without you.
“He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." - Nietzsche, 1886
To be in a vampire’s thrall is to be enslaved. You become tethered to their being and your entire foundation is at their whim. I’ve never quite noticed it before Robert Eggers’ adaptation of Nosferatu, but story of Dracula has…
No Fedaykin but what we make
I suppose Thursday night previews just means “out on Thursday” now, so my heart fluttered when I saw that I would be able to watch this before the weekend. Dune 2 is a miracle sequel to what already seemed like a dream project for sci-fi fans from Denis Villeneuve. Avatar: Way of the Water is probably the most expensive movie ever made, but it looks effortless. You never think budget. Dune 2 looks irresponsibly…
I must keep up reviews or I swear they’re all these Bruceploitation movies are going to blur together soon. Before I took my martial arts movie journey I imagined them all with “grindhouse” aesthetics. This film is what I always thought kung fu movies would be growing up, complete with a scratchy transfer and missing frames. Relentless action scenes with little rhyme or reason as to why. But when there’s so much action there’s no worry for “why.” I cannot…
Congrats to Sean Baker, Mikey Madison, and the entire Anora team for their unpredictable Academy Awards sweep. After seeing it, it really does feel like a fresh and contemporary win. It feels right. I told my wife about it being a sort of modern Cinderella story and I was surprised she wanted to see it. We tried all Oscar season to catch it but only after it won best picture did it get more screenings. We saw it with a…
DUNE IT TO DEATH
Immense. This new vision of Frank Herbert's world lives and breathes on the big screen. It feels like the Villeneuve chose the IMAX format solely for the sandworm money shot that towers above both characters and audience; and it is justified.
As an adaptation, I really liked it. Being a recent fan of the book I think it would satisfy most readers. The cast is carefully curated and they all do fantastic jobs. It says a…
I could watch this several times a year despite being one of the most effective horror movies of all time. It’s a bit of a comfort film.
John Carpenter’s most technically impressive film (he used that big Universal Studios budget well). His worldview is that underneath horrific circumstances we will turn on each other first. He’s like, not a prophet or anything it’s just the way the world works. Real good COVID watch too, “we should prepare our own meals.…
