The distinction between film and television was very clear in the 1990s. The rise of streaming services blurred those lines when Netflix, Apple, and HBO invested as much into series production as their film divisions. Post-pandemic analytics continue to reveal that more audiences prefer watching content at home than in theaters. That’s terrible news […]
The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare is a film that mines the lesser-known exploits of Britain’s most roguish soldiers. This action-comedy stirs together actual events with a riotous twist, presenting a captivating mix of historical depth and boisterous humor. Based on the nonfiction bestseller by Damien Lewis, it’s about the first-ever special forces unit formed during
This is a feel-good movie through and through, although rather pie-in-the sky. I gather the point of the story is that kindness begets kindness from a London dance hall to the House of Dior in Paris…except when it doesn’t. Mrs. Ada Harris (played superbly by Lesley Manville) is a kindly, sparkly cleaning woman who gets a
The opening credits to Guy Ritchie’s expensive “King Arthur” revision, features cheap looking fonts and perplexing imagery. A large tower with fire coming out the top and no accompanying sound. A second opening sequence is a prologue to the tale we are about to watch and then finally, twenty minutes in, “Warner Bros presents” is
Turning Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein into an action movie is exactly the dumb idea screenwriter Max Landis (American Ultra) and director Paul McGuigan (Push) took all the way to the big screen. There is a reason Victor Frankenstein didn’t bow during the Halloween season; its narrative atrocity is certainly hoping to be lost in the fray