Roel Reiné’s new historical epic Admiral was originally titled Michiel de Ruyter upon its original release in its native country of the Netherlands. One can’t help but feel that the title was changed for two reasons. First, big American releases…
Movie Review: ‘The Witch’
In my senior year of college, one of my history classes embarked on an in-depth study of the Salem Witch trials where we read over many of the case’s original historical documents: settlement maps, population dispersal charts, census reports, church…
Movie Review: ‘Hail, Caesar!’
Every year that the Coen Brothers release a new movie, I treat it like an event. The duo’s glorious, genre-busting brand of filmmaking has made them one of the best auteurs working today, and they surprise me time and time again for…
Movie Review: ‘Jeruzalem’
I only ask three things from found footage films. 1) Give a plausible reason why the main character would be recording the events of the film. 2) Allow a plausible explanation for how the footage was recovered. 3) If you…
Movie Review: ‘Martyrs’
Continuing in the grand tradition of American remakes of foreign films that completely miss the point of the original, Kevin Goetz and Michael Goetz’s Martyrs is an unnecessary, toothless exercise in sub-mediocrity. The original film, Pascal Laugier’s Martyrs (2008), was…
Movie Review: ‘Moonwalkers’
Following the conspiracy theory of the 1969 U.S. moon landing being filmed, Moonwalkers follows a CIA agent’s attempt to locate Stanley Kubrick. After being tricked by a low-ranking manger, the two have to team up and somehow film the production. …