Maybe it’s an unpopular opinion, but Tick Tick…Boom! isn’t a blast. From the official trailer, the filmed musical adaptation of the late Jonathan Larson’s most personal story gives the impression that it will be a grand, theatrical masterpiece. One that…
Under the Silver Lake Movie Review: Andrew Garfield holds strong in messy neo-noir mystery
As a form of flattery, homages are even trickier to execute than imitations. Writer-director-producer David Robert Mitchell, who revolutionized the modern horror genre with his 2014 feature It Follows, was ambitious to the point of rashness with his neo-noir mystery…
Movie Review: Breathe
It’s said the road to Hell is paved with good intentions, and there’s no greater proof of that than watching Hollywood portrayals of disability. Nearly all of these films follow a similar pattern, and generally revolve around a true story,…
Movie Review: Silence
Like a good deal of Martin Scorsese’s films, Silence handles the subject of faith in a complex and humanistic way; the legendary American filmmaker transmutes the torment, humiliation and suffering of two young, idealistic Jesuit priests, by the fiendish censors of Feudal Japan,…
The Stunning New International Trailer for Scorsese’s Silence
The international trailer for Martin Scorsese’s Silence is here, and it gives a better sense of the film’s epic visual quality than the previously released trailer. In the new trailer boats appear as small blips on a vast sea and characters…
Movie Review: Hacksaw Ridge
Mel Gibson has returned to direct a film about war, faith, and male heroism. Yes, we have seen this from him many times before, but it has been at least a decade since his last directorial entry. That means that…