With his 30+ year career as one of China’s prominent cinematic voices, director Zhang Yimou’s résumé plays like an eclectic stew, a series of seemingly random darts strewn about the whole of the narrative spectrum. He has tried his hand…
Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil, and Vile Movie Review: Ted Bundy biopic is strangely sympathetic
From Charles Manson to John Wayne Gacy and Jeffrey Dahmer, public fascination often goes hand-in-hand with stories of serial killers. Is it because the things these people do are so monstrous and evil that the public finds them as compelling…
Avengers: Endgame Movie Review: Pure spectacle married with character focus makes for a stunning finale
Very light spoilers ahead. At three hours long, Avengers: Endgame manages both the impossible and the predictable when it comes to the Marvel Universe timeline. It’s bloated and at times overwhelming with big, cluttered CGI battles and it shouldn’t work.…
Hellboy Movie Review: Another infernal reboot
Imagine if someone has never read a Hellboy comic before. Even if that person enjoyed Guillermo del Toro’s two adaptations in 2004 and 2008, they never really felt the urge to pick up Mike Mignola’s cartoon creation. But with the…
The Hummingbird Project Movie Review: Kim Nguyen’s tonally messy film loses momentum
As Benjamin Franklin famously said in Advice to a Young Tradesman, Written by an Old One, “time is money,” and when you’re dealing with billions of dollars, every millisecond counts. Kim Nguyen’s The Hummingbird Project finds its monumental stakes riding…
New ‘Avengers: Endgame’ Trailer Released
Let the end times roll. Marvel Studios released a new trailer for Avengers: Endgame on Thursday morning. The world is six weeks out from the ultimate, potentially somber goodbye to its beloved band of movie superheroes and currently swooning over Marvel’s…
The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind Review: Chiwetel Ejiofor’s directorial debut a breezy telling of monumental invention
Netflix’s business model remains a gift and a curse. For all the leg up it offers to new filmmakers and creators who can’t quite get Hollywood’s attention, Netflix doesn’t offer an equal amount of publicity for all of its new…