I’m a fan of Jason Sudeikis so I signed up for a spin through Driven, his semi-serious look at how a con man turned up as an informant for the government while twisting John DeLorean (creator of that car) all about. It’s funny, sad, and meandering, with a particularly strong reminder that greed rarely gets… [Read More]
Kingdom – Japanese Telling of Chinese History
If you strip away the sex and dragons from Game of Thrones you have the story of trying to unite warring factions into a single kingdom and bring the period of warfare to an end. Kingdom (based on a seinen manga series of graphic novels, and later a seventy-seven episode anime tv series) is a… [Read More]
47 Meters Down: Uncaged – Sisterhood of the Travelling Sharks
47 Meters Down: Uncaged tells the story of four teen divers who discover the sunken ruins of a Mayan city in the heart of Mexico. However, as the young women investigate the mysterious caverns, they soon find themselves trapped in the abyss by deadly great white sharks. With their air supply steadily dwindling, the girls must… [Read More]
Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood – A Tarantino Fairy Tale
When I first heard that Quenton Tarantino was going to be making a movie that involved the Manson Family killings, I assumed the violence and blood would be overwhelming. But Once Upon a Time . . . in Hollywood turns out to be his least violent film. All of Tarantino’s films have an aspect of… [Read More]
Light of My Life – A Father’s Love
Light of My Life opens with a father and daughter camping in the woods as he tells her a bedtime story that is peripherally connected to the story of Noah’s Ark. The story is one of rescue and protection of a young female fox as the world if facing destruction. The scene is shot in… [Read More]
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