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M.C. Myers

Prisoners: Brute Farce

May 14, 2023May 1, 2023 by M.C. Myers
Prisoners Hugh Jackman

Prisoners uses competent visuals and juggernaut acting to hide behind an impression of mysteriousness that its screenplay never fully justifies.

Categories Film Reviews Tags 2010s, Denis Villeneuve, Hugh Jackman, Jake Gyllenhaal, Paul Dano, Roger Deakins, Thriller Leave a comment

The Mandalorian Season 3: Episodes 2-3 Review

April 21, 2023 by M.C. Myers
Mandalorian Episode 3

Season 3 of The Mandalorian continues with high-concept stories stalled by low-effort screenplays.

Categories Features Tags 2020s, Disney, Jon Favreau, Katee Sackhoff, Pedro Pascal, Star Wars, Television Leave a comment

The Unearned Absurdity of James Wan’s Malignant

April 23, 2023April 18, 2023 by M.C. Myers
Malignant

Malignant suffers through genre tropes to get to its meaty creativity. The question isn’t whether it has any but whether it’s worth the wait.

Categories Film Reviews Tags 2020s, Annabelle Wallis, Horror, James Wan Leave a comment

Why Speed Racer May Be the Greatest Comic Book Movie

April 21, 2023April 4, 2023 by M.C. Myers
Speed Racer

Speed Racer unconventionally adapted the comic book formula to a unique emotional high that now stands out in a crowded genre.

Categories Film Reviews, Great Films Tags 2000s, Action, Anime, Comic Book Movie, John Goodman, Science Fiction, Susan Sarandon, Wachowskis Leave a comment

The Mandalorian Season 3: Episode 1 Review

April 18, 2023March 16, 2023 by M.C. Myers
The Mandalorian

The Mandalorian slides into its third premiere without a strong suggestion that this will be more than a content extension for a profitable series.

Categories Features Tags 2020s, Dean Cundey, Jon Favreau, Movie Series, Pedro Pascal, Science Fiction, Star Wars, TV Show Leave a comment

Visions of a Vision in Knock at the Cabin

March 1, 2023 by M.C. Myers
Knock at the Cabin

M. Night Shyamalan continues his winning streak with a well-acted high-concept thriller about the end-times. It’s more smoke than fire though.

Categories Film Reviews Tags 2020s, Based on a Book, Dave Bautista, Horror, Jonathan Groff, M. Night Shyamalan, Thriller Leave a comment

Illusions of Relevance in The Invisible Man (2020)

March 1, 2023February 19, 2023 by M.C. Myers
The Invisible Man Elisabeth Moss

Whannell drenches the action of his remake in expository relevance to cover for a lack of basic thriller rationale in the screenplay.

Categories Film Reviews Tags 2020s, Aldis Hodge, Elisabeth Moss, Horror, Leigh Whannell, Remake, Science Fiction, Thriller Leave a comment

The Tree of Life is Malick’s Memory Epic

February 15, 2023 by M.C. Myers
The Tree of LIfe

The Tree of Life is an all-encompassing memory of a tiny life. It can’t help but stand in for all of us.

Categories Film Reviews Tags 2010s, Brad Pitt, Drama, Jessica Chastain, Terrence Malick Leave a comment

Wearily Wading Through Avatar: The Way of Water

March 11, 2023January 30, 2023 by M.C. Myers
Avatar The Way of Water

Avatar: The Way of Water is a monument to James Cameron’s business model but stutters on every other artistic or dramatic criterion imaginable.

Categories Film Reviews Tags 2020s, Action, Fantasy, James Cameron, Kate Winslet, Movie Series, Sam Worthington, Science Fiction, Sequel, Zoe Saldana Leave a comment

Missing Morals in Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio

January 20, 2023January 18, 2023 by M.C. Myers
Guillermo Del Toro Pinocchio

Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio shimmers with excited physical energy but never coordinates its new story ideas with its old moral responsibilities.

Categories Film Reviews Tags 2020s, Animated, Based on a Book, Christophe Waltz, Ewan McGregor, Finn Wolfhard, Guillermo Del Toro, Musical, Remake, Ron Perlman, Tilda Swinton Leave a comment

Misadapting Terror in The Pale Blue Eye

January 11, 2023January 10, 2023 by M.C. Myers
The Pale Blue Eye Christian Bale

The Pale Blue Eye has the cast of a masterpiece and the script of a write-off. It’s inoffensive afternoon viewing, but Poe would have his name removed from it.

Categories Film Reviews Tags 2020s, Based on a Book, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Christian Bale, Gillian Anderson, Lucy Boynton, Scott Cooper, Thriller, Timothy Spall Leave a comment

Why Scrooge (1951) is the Best Version of A Christmas Carol

April 28, 2023December 29, 2022 by M.C. Myers

The 1951 version of Scrooge effortlessly recreates its candleglow world. This classic story has never been better.

Categories Film Reviews Tags 1950s, Alastair Sim, Based on a Book, Brian Desmond Hurst, Charles Dickens, Jack Warner, Remake Leave a comment

Dramatic Gaps and Tech Obsessions in The Shining

May 13, 2023December 21, 2022 by M.C. Myers
The Shining

The unassailable influence of Stanley Kubrick’s horror staple hides its dramatic shortcomings behind an illusion of prestige.

Categories Film Reviews Tags 1980s, Based on a Book, Horror, Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Stanley Kubrick Leave a comment

What is Everyone’s Problem With Star Wars: The Last Jedi?

April 5, 2023December 15, 2022 by M.C. Myers

Star Wars: The Last Jedi continues to be debated out of passionate frustration. This is an exploration of what’s right and wrong with this bizarre movie.

Categories Features, Film Reviews Tags 2010s, Action, Carrie Fisher, Daisey Ridley, Disney, John Boyega, Laura Dern, Mark Hamill, Movie Series, Oscar Isaac, Rian Johnson, Science Fiction, Sequel, Star Wars Leave a comment

The Pressure of Being Legendary in Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis

November 30, 2022November 30, 2022 by M.C. Myers
Elvis

Luhrmann’s obsession with the image of Elvis creates an issue of authenticity. He makes people love the icon without believing in the man.

Categories Film Reviews Tags 2020s, Austin Butler, Baz Luhrmann, Biopic, Drama Leave a comment

The Crisis of Believability in A Quiet Place Part II

November 16, 2022November 12, 2022 by M.C. Myers
A Quiet Place Part II

A Quiet Place Part II tries to squeeze more sequence out of a great concept. It succeeds despite straining for believability amid conflicting rules.

Categories Film Reviews Tags 2020s, Action, Cillian Murphy, Emily Blunt, Horror, John Krasinski, Movie Series, Science Fiction, Sequel Leave a comment

The Munsters is a Candy Corn Car Crash

November 1, 2022 by M.C. Myers
The Munsters

Rob Zombie makes a twisted costume contest nightmare out of an idea of The Munsters that never overcomes its lack of inspiration or its cast’s shortcomings.

Categories Film Reviews Tags 2020s, Comedy, Horror, Remake, Rob Zombie, Sheri Moon Zombie Leave a comment

The Horror Dysfunction of Halloween III: Season of the Witch

October 23, 2022October 22, 2022 by M.C. Myers
Halloween III

The infamously misunderstood Halloween III is still little more than an unrefined pseudo-thriller on its own merits, unworthy of seasonal contention.

Categories Film Reviews Tags 1980s, Halloween, Horror, Movie Series, Sequel Leave a comment

Why Halloween Ends is Exactly What the Series Needed

December 6, 2022October 19, 2022 by M.C. Myers

Halloween Ends has the power to finish its cluttered horror series meaningfully, even if this isn’t what some of the series’ fans were hoping for.

Categories Film Reviews Tags 2020s, Halloween, Horror, Jamie Lee Curtis, Michael Myers, Sequel Leave a comment

Werewolf by Night – The Middling Macabre

October 11, 2022 by M.C. Myers
Werewolf by Night

Werewolf by Night struggles for clarity within the constraints of an homage, sequel, origin story, and TV special in one. But it’s fun to watch it try.

Categories Film Reviews Tags 2020s, Action, Comic Book Movie, Disney, Horror, Marvel, MCU, Movie Series Leave a comment

Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978) – Imposter Horror

October 3, 2022October 2, 2022 by M.C. Myers
Invasion of the Body Snatchers

Invasion of the Body Snatchers remakes a great B-movie with intellectual terror. It knows that irony makes it even scarier. This is pure horror joy.

Categories Film Reviews, Great Films Tags 1970s, Brooke Adams, Donald Sutherland, Horror, Philip Kaufman, Remake, Science Fiction Leave a comment

Cyrano (2021) – Glossing Over a Classic

May 6, 2023September 3, 2022 by M.C. Myers
Cyrano

Peter Dinklage is a powerful force for good in an otherwise listless adaptation that misinterprets whatever it doesn’t omit entirely.

Categories Film Reviews Tags 2020s, Based on a Book, Ben Mendelsohn, Haley Bennett, Joe Wright, Musical, Peter Dinklage, Remake, Romance Leave a comment

Samaritan – Bum Rap

September 2, 2022August 29, 2022 by M.C. Myers
Samaritan

Samaritan accepts on faith that the audience thinks Stallone is a superhero. His charm, and almost nothing else, makes it sporadically watchable.

Categories Film Reviews Tags 2020s, Action, Amazon, Comic Book Movie, Science Fiction, Sylvester Stallone Leave a comment

Sin (Il Peccato) – Holy Unhappiness

August 25, 2022 by M.C. Myers
Sin

Sin is a portrait of an artist in pain, with god-defying amounts of melancholy. Lovers of classic art cinema will enjoy this more than he enjoyed himself.

Categories Film Reviews Tags 2020s, Biopic, Period Piece Leave a comment

Lightyear – Origin Sin

October 3, 2022August 15, 2022 by M.C. Myers
Lightyear

Lightyear was so tangled in its struggle for effective marketing that every aspect of its filmmaking became a lower, or nonexistent, concern.

Categories Film Reviews Tags 2020s, Adventure, Chris Evans, James Brolin, Keke Palmer, Pixar, Prequel, Sci Fi, Taika Waititi Leave a comment

Prey: Consent to Kill

November 16, 2022August 5, 2022 by M.C. Myers
Prey Title Image

Prey expresses a strong period aesthetic powered by fresh performances but relies on a screenplay that misplaces its series’ core values.

Categories Film Reviews Tags 2020s, 20th Century Fox, Action, Amber Midthunder, Dan Trachtenberg, Disney, Hulu, Predator, Science Fiction, Sequel Leave a comment

The Tragedy of Macbeth: Saggy Soliloquy

December 21, 2022July 29, 2022 by M.C. Myers
The Tragedy of Macbeth

This well-endowed Macbeth strives for greatness without the stomach for it. Stylized visuals can’t cover for all the meaning it misses.

Categories Film Reviews Tags 2020s, Brendan Gleeson, Bruno Delbonnel, Denzel Washington, Drama, Frances McDormand, Joel Coen, Shakespeare Leave a comment

Zack Snyder’s Justice League: Prophet or False God?

July 26, 2022July 19, 2022 by M.C. Myers
Zack Snyder's Justice League

Zack Snyder’s Justice League delivers on the promise to release every second of footage shot for its original cut, for better and not much better.

Categories Film Reviews Tags Aquaman, Batman, Ben Affleck, Chris Terrio, Ezra Miller, Gal Gadot, Henry Cavill, Jason Momoa, Ray Fisher, Superman, Wonderwoman, Zack Snyder Leave a comment

The House: Nightmare Meditation

October 23, 2022July 15, 2022 by M.C. Myers
The House

The House shimmers with collective angst, a nightmare only stop-motion could make. So why does it make me feel so happy?

Categories Film Reviews Tags Animation, Helena Bonham Carter, Jarvis Cocker, Matthew Goode, Mia Goth, Netflix, Stop-Motion Leave a comment

Black Widow: Explosive Tedium

March 15, 2023July 9, 2022 by M.C. Myers
Black Widow

Black Widow approaches genuine dramatic insight in parts but fails to make its title character more interesting than the performance is by default.

Categories Film Reviews Tags David Harbour, Disney, Florence Pugh, Marvel, Rachel Weisz, Ray Winstone, Scarlett Johansson Leave a comment
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