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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

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

December 15, 2022December 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 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 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

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

Godzilla: King of the Monsters – Faithless Tribute

September 11, 2022June 1, 2022 by M.C. Myers
Godzilla King of the Monsters

Godzilla: King of the Monsters avoids the essence of its brand almost as aggressively as it avoids working on its script.

Categories Film Reviews Tags 2010s, Bradley Whitford, Godzilla, Ken Watanabe, Michael Dougherty, Millie Bobby Brown, Movie Series, Sally Hawkins, Science Fiction, Sequel, Vera Farmiga 1 Comment

Exorcist II: The Heretic – Horror as Anti-Horror

January 21, 2023April 15, 2022 by M.C. Myers
Exorcist II Linda Blair

Despite its meandering awkwardness, one of the most hated horror films of all time features a compelling creative vision and the visuals of an epic.

Categories Film Reviews Tags 1970s, Horror, John Boorman, Linda Blair, Movie Series, Richard Burton, Sequel, Thriller 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

Batman: Unfinished Business

December 12, 2022March 3, 2022 by M.C. Myers
Batman

Batman reflects the charm and the cost of a script that was not properly finished. But its lead and its meticulous visual design still enchant.

Categories Film Reviews Tags 1980s, Action, Batman, Comic Book Movie, Danny Elfman, DC Comics, Fantasy, Jack Nicholson, Kim Bassinger, Michael Keaton, Movie Series, Tim Burton Leave a comment

Batman Returns: Action Fairytale

February 25, 2022 by M.C. Myers
Batman Returns

Tim Burton’s Batman Returns is a dark Christmas fable, an action fairytale. It’s the whole experience of reading comics in one painful, beautiful mythology.

Categories Film Reviews Tags 1990s, Batman, Christopher Walken, Comic Book Movie, Danny DeVito, DC, Fantasy, Michael Keaton, Michelle Pfeiffer, Movie Series, Sequel, Superhero, Tim Burton 1 Comment

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003) – Schlock and Awe

February 22, 2022February 18, 2022 by M.C. Myers
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Jessica Biel

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre remake is far more willing to recreate its original than to understand it. The result is vile. And not in a good way.

Categories Film Reviews Tags 2000s, Horror, Jessica Biel, Movie Series, Remake 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 Santa Clause 2: Carefree Christmas

May 13, 2022January 14, 2022 by M.C. Myers
The Santa Clause 2 Tim Allen

The Santa Clause 2 has Tim Allen’s standup and farting reindeer, but it feels like Christmas. Let me explain why I keep watching it.

Categories Film Reviews Tags 2000s, Disney, Elizabeth Mitchell, Fantasy, Movie Series, Romance, Sequel, Tim Allen Leave a comment

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker – Force Illusion

May 4, 2022December 6, 2021 by M.C. Myers
Star Wars The Rise of Skywalker

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker is as sloppy for its artists as embarrassing for its fans. It is brand mismanagement in visual form.

Categories Film Reviews Tags 2010s, Action, Adam Driver, Carrie Fisher, Daisy Ridley, Harrison Ford, Ian McDiarmid, John Boyega, Mark Hamill, Movie Series, Oscar Isaac, Science Fiction, Sequel, Star Wars 1 Comment

Alice Through the Looking Glass: To the Anti-Wonder

December 23, 2021November 4, 2021 by M.C. Myers
Alice Through the Looking Glass

Alice Through the Looking Glass is to wonderment what purging is to eating. It not only robs you of your meal – it even makes you regret it.

Categories Film Reviews Tags 2010s, Anne Hathaway, Based on a Book, Disney, Fantasy, Helena Bonham Carter, Johnny Depp, Movie Series Leave a comment

Alien: The Love of Sex Monsters

April 13, 2022November 3, 2021 by M.C. Myers
Alien Sigourney Weaver

The horror in Alien is as disquietingly personal as any sci-fi epic ever made. This is the genre’s ultimate masterclass in turning style into story.

Categories Film Reviews, Great Films Tags 1970s, Horror, Movie Series, Ridley Scott, Sci Fi, Science Fiction, Sigourney Weaver Leave a comment

Paddington 2: Steamboat Bear Jr.

December 23, 2021November 1, 2021 by M.C. Myers
Paddington 2

Paddington 2 sparkles with manners and a belief in beauty. Everyone was opening the doors for each other on the way out of the theater.

Categories Film Reviews, Great Films Tags 2010s, Based on a Book, Ben Whishaw, Hugh Grant, Movie Series, Paddington, Sally Hawkins, Sequel Leave a comment

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone: Homemade Magic

October 13, 2022November 1, 2021 by M.C. Myers
Harry Potter

The first Harry Potter film is not an epic but an invitation. Dark as a forest. Nice as a librarian. Warm as a fireplace.

Categories Film Reviews Tags 2000s, Alan Rickman, Based on a Book, Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Fantasy, Harry Potter, JK Rowling, Maggie Smith, Movie Series, Rupert Grint Leave a comment

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