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Aquaman Review: A Fish Khal Drogo

Jason Gorber — Tue, 18 Dec 2018 18:00:15 +0000

James Wan’s Aquaman benefits greatly from lowered expectations. The very notion of this character getting a big-screen solo effort always seemed kind of silly. Entourage took the piss out of the watery superhero years ago, and the trailer did little more than spout exposition while throwing in Avatar-style eye candy. The whole things looked to...

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‘Justice League’ Review: A Superhero Mashup/Mess Up

Philip Brown — Wed, 15 Nov 2017 18:00:32 +0000

Warner Bros.’ big, bloated ‘Justice League’ has been the subject of so many sneering editorials and clickbait news stories about reshoots that it’s almost a shock to see the movie even make it to theaters. Unsurprisingly, the flick suffers from a serious identity crisis. Whatever it was that Zack Snyder initially planned for this ‘Batman...

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‘The Bad Batch’ Review: Arty Mad Max

Philip Brown — Wed, 21 Jun 2017 16:00:46 +0000

A few years ago, Ana Lily Amirpour made quite a name for herself with the delightfully offbeat ‘A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night‘. Billed as a “feminist Iranian vampire Western” and boasting a deadpan Jim Jarmusch influence, there was nothing else quite like the film on screens before or since. Now she’s back with...

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TIFF Journal: ‘The Bad Batch’

Philip Brown — Fri, 23 Sep 2016 16:00:42 +0000

Ana Lily Amirpour had a striking directorial debut with the black-and-white Iranian vampire Western ‘A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night‘. Clearly a filmmaker of great talent and imagination, she’s returned this year with a bitter dystopian tale filled with social commentary, grungy imagery, brutality and desperation, but little action. It’s a striking creation, especially...

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‘Debug’ Review: Move File Directly to Recycle Bin

Philip Brown — Thu, 28 May 2015 16:00:02 +0000

Horror fandom does not instantly qualify someone to become a horror filmmaker. Clearly, it can be tough for some folks to understand the difference. Watch plenty of horror flicks and you’ll get enough of a sense of the formulas and clichés to feel like you can cobble them together yourself. Unfortunately, that doesn’t actually lead...

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‘Wolves’ Review: Not Big, But Definitely Bad

Philip Brown — Thu, 13 Nov 2014 18:00:37 +0000

Of all the iconic cinema monsters, werewolves have the fewest classic movies. I always get a little excited when a new werewolf movie comes along because there’s so much more untapped potential than yet another vampire or zombie flick. Unfortunately, ‘Wolves’ is yet another wasted opportunity while we wait endlessly for the next ‘Ginger Snaps’...

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Now Playing: ‘Bullet to the Head’ Makes a Brainless Mess

Bryan Kluger — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 15:00:59 +0000

Sylvester Stallone and director Walter Hill abandon their walking canes to make another brutal action film called ‘Bullet to the Head’, which turns out to be silly, dumb and laughable. This action flick packs a hard punch, but fails in story, character, acting and dialogue. I suppose that’s to be expected from two guys around...

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The Trailer Park: Relics on Parade

M. Enois Duarte — Thu, 06 Sep 2012 16:00:11 +0000

While we wait for Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stallone to team up in the sci-fi actioner ‘The Tomb’ next year, the two legends of ’80s action strut their stuff in separate projects. ‘Bullet to the Head’ By the looks of this preview, the movie’s title seems both ironic and appropriate. The plot sounds generic and...

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Weekend Movies: Two Cult Remakes, a Kids’ Sequel and a Quiet Romantic Drama

Luke Hickman — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 16:00:44 +0000

I don’t know how much longer major film studios will be pushing prequels, sequels and remakes, but the return to original creativity can’t come quickly enough for me. I’m not saying that every prequel, sequel or remake is a bad idea, but our oversaturated market is in dire need of a change. Thank heavens for...

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