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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

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

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

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

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

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

Prometheus: Creator’s Angst

July 26, 2022June 1, 2022 by M.C. Myers
Prometheus Michael Fassbender

The much-maligned Prometheus hides an epic sci-fi fable despite failing to satisfy its own ambitions. Fassbender is genre-defining.

Categories Features, Film Reviews Tags 2010s, Alien, Charlize Theron, Guy Pearce, Horror, Idris Elba, Michael Fassbender, Noomi Rapace, Prequel, Ridley Scott, Science Fiction 1 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

Interstellar: Feeling Machine

April 29, 2022 by M.C. Myers

Interstellar’s brilliant technical filmmaking hinges on a story thwarted by melodrama. Its head is full of ideas, but its heart is empty.

Categories Film Reviews Tags 2010s, Anne Hathaway, Casey Affleck, Christopher Nolan, Hans Zimmer, Hoyte Van Hoytema, Jessica Chastain, Matthew McConaughey, Michael Caine, Sci Fi, Science Fiction 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

Zack Snyder vs Superman: Why Intent Became Conflict in Man of Steel

June 14, 2022February 2, 2022 by M.C. Myers
Man of Steel Zack Snyder

A response to Zack Snyder’s Man of Steel as well as to the debates about it, including both its problematic execution and its honest desire for greatness.

Categories Features Tags 2010s, Action, Amy Adams, Comic Book Movie, DC Comics, DCEU, Fantasy, Henry Cavill, Kevin Costner, Laurence Fishburne, Russell Crowe, Science Fiction, Superman, Zack Snyder Leave a comment

Superman: Mythic Origins

June 12, 2022December 8, 2021 by M.C. Myers
Superman Christopher Reeve

Superman creates a well-meaning mythology that predicts the most profitable film genre. Its many imitations are only partial, however. The original still soars.

Categories Film Reviews Tags 1970s, Christopher Reeve, Comic Book Movie, DC Comics, Gene Hackman, Marlon Brando, Science Fiction, Superman 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

Ad Astra: Space Melodrama

April 23, 2022November 25, 2021 by M.C. Myers
Ad Astra Brad Pitt

Ad Astra attempts to be a space opera and family melodrama. Failing both makes even its best intentions seem misplaced from other films.

Categories Film Reviews Tags 2010s, Brad Pitt, Donald Sutherland, James Gray, Liv Tyler, Ruth Negga, Science Fiction, Tommy Lee Jones 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

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind: Reluctant Romance

December 23, 2021November 3, 2021 by M.C. Myers

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind is one romance that counts as all of them. Reluctance becomes the ultimate fantasy.

Categories Film Reviews, Great Films Tags 2000s, Charlie Kaufman, Jim Carrey, Kate Winslet, Michel Gondry, Romance, Science Fiction Leave a comment

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