Wolf implies that “species identification disorder” is common, when in fact “species dysphoria” is a very rare condition. I found this movie misleading and distasteful in so many ways. First of all, the “hospital” staff treat the humans like animals, expecting them to become human, e.g., shaming them into compliance. The filmmakers appear to know nothing about proven behavioral […]
When the film opens on Beanie Feldstein (“Lady Bird,” “Booksmart”) sitting alone in a library wearing virtually the same schoolgirl uniform from her last two films, you are already disappointed that she isn’t trying something different. She does, however, have a British accent for this coming of age story. We watch her experience growing pains
The audience was virtually silent when this comedy debuted at the Toronto International Film Festival last September, and initially no distributor was interested in releasing it. Eventually it was picked up by IFC films. It is often difficult to market such obtuse films as this historical slapstick comedy. “I’ve had nightmares that made more sense
Zombie movies are a dime a dozen these days, but this British production offers something slightly off the beaten path. Mike Carey’s novel and screenplay takes ideas from superhero films like “X-Men” and expects the audience to already know quite a bit of zombie history from other films. There is an appreciated balance here between
Macbeth has been done, redone, remade and revived so many times, yet Australian director Justin Kurzel (clearly inspired by the popularity of Game of Thrones), transforms William Shakespeare’s work into a modern, Braveheart looking, epic bloodbath.
When a studio refuses to screen a film for critics, usually it’s a bad sign; It also makes that movie like forbidden fruit you just want to see even more. Child 44 certainly has its problems, the biggest Jonathan Price’s screenplay adaptation of Tom Rob Smith’s novel. A good screenwriter should be able to read