When The Last Laugh came out, it defined itself through the concept of aging and how it could ridicule it. While The Mule also finds definition through the lens of an octogenarian, it doesn't define itself by his age, it merely adds to the story of redemption and understanding ones mistakes. While The Last Laugh …
Continue reading Review: The Mule (2019) – Family Is Not A Mistake
Gallantly jumping into the fray of canine cinema, A Dog's Way Home is the latest iteration of a similar story designed to tug at your emotions while showing you fluffy animals that are too cute to hate. Luckily this isn't bad enough to feel guilty when the credits roll but it doesn't do enough …
Continue reading Review:A Dog’s Way Home (2019) – Wide Yet Narrow
Gone are the days of Out Of Sight or even Maid In Manhattan, when it comes to Jennifer Lopez. These days we have been blessed with comedies such as The Back Up Plan and Second Act. While this might sound like a damning statement about the manufactured 'comedy' served up to us from time to …
There are certain films you see a trailer for and you make a snap judgement based on two minutes of footage. You can't help it, its in our nature. Instant Family was one such film for me. Honestly, I didn't expect much. Coming smack dab in the middle of awards season, this isn't trying to …
Continue reading Review: Instant Family (2019) – A Cosmic Connection
Usually my title's allude to a theme in the film in question or a quote spoken during it. Here I couldn't think of a single theme worth embracing because as a piece of dramatic fiction, the Last Laugh is completely devoid of any kind of depth. If anything, it actively attacks the idea of ageing …
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The start of any good story is also the promise of an ending, a conclusion to this chapter, era or life in general. Film plays on this constantly using the idea of the end of the world as a riff on both finality and new beginnings. IO uses the end of the world as a …
Continue reading Review: IO: Last on Earth (2019) – The Promise of Survival
In recent years Noomi Rapace has found a home of sorts in Netflix dramas such as 2017's Bright and What Happened to Monday, both of which highlighted her affinity for action roles, ones she made her own due to her capturing the physicality of the set pieces thrown her way. In Close she throws herself …
Coming off the high of last years Lady Bird, Saoirse Ronan returns to the spotlight as Mary in this carefully directed yet stunted period piece that despite many different qualities never quite feels like a piece of cinema designed for entertainment. Feeling more like a history lesson for most of its run, Josie Rourke's directorial …
Continue reading Review: Mary Queen of Scots (2019) – Two Sides of a Coin
For people following the Eastrail 177 trilogy since Unbreakable's release in 2000, Glass must seem a long time coming. For everyone else like me, Glass closes off a trilogy sure, but our expectations might not be quite so loaded. That might be why I'm pleased to announce that as a final chapter in a thrilling trilogy, …
When The Big Short came out in 2015, people fell in love (myself included) with the satirical style that director Adam McKay brought to the subject material. Usually behind the camera on stoner comedies such as Anchorman and Step Brothers, McKay stepped into the awards season light thanks to a new take on the financial …
The Sardonic Romantic 