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2020s

Wearily Wading Through Avatar: The Way of Water

January 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

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

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

Cyrano (2021) – Glossing Over a Classic

September 3, 2022September 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

Obi-Wan Kenobi Part VI Review: Final Fizzle

November 14, 2022June 24, 2022 by M.C. Myers
Obi-Wan Kenobi Ewan McGregor

The final episode of Obi-Wan Kenobi gets everything to where it was going. Not even its best part could be worth the wait.

Categories Features Tags 2020s, Deborah Chow, Disney, Ewan McGregor, George Lucas, Hayden Christensen, Moses Ingram, Sequel, Star Wars, TV Show Leave a comment

Obi-Wan Kenobi Part V Review

June 22, 2022 by M.C. Myers
Obi-Wan Kenobi

Part V continues Obi-Wan Kenobi’s habit of steamrolling plausibility with reverse-engineered plot directions, with a small twist.

Categories Features Tags 2020s, Ewan McGregor, Hayden Christensen, Moses Ingram, Prequel, Science Fiction, Star Wars Leave a comment

Everything Everywhere All at Once: Exposition Epic

December 13, 2022June 18, 2022 by M.C. Myers
Everything Everywhere All at Once

Despite triumphant performances and high ambitions, Everything Everywhere All at Once hopes to be so well-understood that it overexplains its triumphs away.

Categories Film Reviews Tags 2020s, Action, Comedy, Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert, Jamie Lee Curtis, Ke Huy Quan, Michelle Yeoh, Stephanie Hsu Leave a comment

Obi-Wan Kenobi: Part I-III Review

June 8, 2022 by M.C. Myers
Obi-Wan Kenobi

So far, Obi-Wan Kenobi seems to be relying more on Star Wars fans to be excited in the absence of creativity than on its own inspiration or technical ability.

Categories Features Tags 2020s, Deborah Chow, Disney, Ewan McGregor, Hayden Christensen, Science Fiction, Sequel, Star Wars, TV Series Leave a comment

Why Army of the Dead Should Not Be the Oscars Fan Favorite

July 8, 2022April 8, 2022 by M.C. Myers
Dave Bautista Army of the Dead

Army of the Dead’s ruthless devotion to plagiarization is its most passionate aspect. Less effort was never spent on a film so casually praised.

Categories Features, Film Reviews Tags 2020s, Academy Awards, Action, Dave Bautista, Horror, Netflix, Oscars, Tig Notaro, Zack Snyder, Zombie Leave a comment

Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2022): Glossy Legacy

March 25, 2022 by M.C. Myers
Texas Chainsaw Massacre

The new Texas Chainsaw Massacre film is exactly what you would expect from rebooting this dirty series into the glossed-up legacy sequel model.

Categories Film Reviews Tags 2020s, Elsie Fisher, Horror, Movie Series, Sequel, Slasher, Texas Chainsaw Massacre Leave a comment

The Batman: V for Vengeance

October 9, 2022March 13, 2022 by M.C. Myers
The Batman

Admirably grounded and well-cast, The Batman tries its best to add relevance to a cluttered canon amid broken thriller mechanics and aloof dialogue.

Categories Film Reviews Tags 2020s, Action, Andy Serkis, Batman, Colin Farrell, Comic Book Movie, DC Comics, Jeffrey Wright, John Turturro, Matt Reeves, Movie Series, Robert Pattinson, Zoe Kravitz Leave a comment

Jurassic World Dominion Trailer: How Jurassic Park Evolved Into This

June 8, 2022February 11, 2022 by M.C. Myers
Jurassic World Dominion

Jurassic World Dominion is supposed to be the climax of decades of franchise build-up. Here are my thoughts on the trailer and how this series got here.

Categories Features Tags 2020s, Chris Pratt, Colin Trevorrow, Jurassic Park, Jurassic World, Laura Dern, Movie Series, Sam Neill, Science Fiction, Sequel Leave a comment

The Batman – Trailer Reaction

January 8, 2022December 27, 2021 by M.C. Myers
The Batman Robert Pattinson

Another trailer for The Batman encouraged me to write down my thoughts, both my anticipation and misgivings, about Matt Reeves’ latest take on the Dark Knight.

Categories Features Tags 2020s, Action, Batman, Comic Book Movie, DC Comics, Matt Reeves, Robert Pattinson, The Batman, Thriller, Trailer, Warner Bros., Zoe Kravitz Leave a comment

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