The Divorce Cartoon one excellent element of this that gives it a two. Whoever designed the blocking/ staging is someone I want to meet again. The way the scenes are ‘shot’, mostly just beyond what a camera can do, and the way the aggressive editing...
After the mysterious disappearance of their baby daughter, a young couple receives strange videos and realizes someone has been filming their daily life — even in their most intimate moments. The police set up surveillance around their home to catch the voyeur but the family starts to crumble as secrets unravel under the scrutiny of eyes watching them from all sides.
Art, seen film seems targeted for the ‘art film’ market. Comments focus on the deep perspective it presents, though for what varies. Lowbrow viewers remark on the pervasive surveillance state of Singapore — the municipal cameras. More arty reviewers think it is a good example...
Sonic, Knuckles, and Tails reunite against a powerful new adversary, Shadow, a mysterious villain with powers unlike anything they have faced before. With their abilities outmatched in every way, Team Sonic must seek out an unlikely alliance in hopes of stopping Shadow and protecting the planet.
Worlds Amiss readers know, I am happy to go with the flow, and be swept up in the energy of these things. The first class citizen is the action, colour, effects, and humour. The second class order are the characters, the agents that we see...
New York, early 1960s. Against the backdrop of a vibrant music scene and tumultuous cultural upheaval, an enigmatic 19-year-old from Minnesota arrives in the West Village with his guitar and revolutionary talent, destined to change the course of American music.
Fragrant Mustard Carnaval was famous in his early years for not just serially adopting a persona, but pulling the whole environment including us into that construction. In the period of the movie he made up a Woody Guthrie past, with hobo and Carnaval, sometimes circus....
A solitary cat, displaced by a great flood, finds refuge on a boat with various species and must navigate the challenges of adapting to a transformed world together.
Flow of Worlds with many long form projects, you have the world and somewhat separately you have characters moving through that world. In the noir form we have here some innocent characters are selected, seemingly at random, to be tossed by world forces for our...
After receiving an unexpected call from her wayfinding ancestors, Moana journeys alongside Maui and a new crew to the far seas of Oceania and into dangerous, long-lost waters for an adventure unlike anything she's ever faced.
Lacks Discovery readers know that the original ‘Moana’ is on my list of fours, films that I believe are important, effective, and added to my life. At the time, I attributed much of that to what Lin Manual calls ‘the swell’ where a musical hook...
Gromit’s concern that Wallace is becoming too dependent on his inventions proves justified, when Wallace invents a “smart” gnome that seems to develop a mind of its own. When it emerges that a vengeful figure from the past might be masterminding things, it falls to Gromit to battle sinister forces and save his master… or Wallace may never be able to invent again!
Fan Service nothing novel about observing the trap that franchises fall into. The template is what attracts us because we recall a pleasant experience, we understand and like the world, and we trust the story machine. But it runs the risk of being too familiar,...
Paddington travels to Peru to visit his beloved Aunt Lucy, who now resides at the Home for Retired Bears. With the Brown Family in tow, a thrilling adventure ensues when a mystery plunges them into an unexpected journey through the Amazon rainforest and up to the mountain peaks of Peru.
Nicholas Caged ‘The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent’ Nicholas Cage plays a larger self, which is the joke. He works with an actor who plays a larger Antonio Banderas. They are both movie obsessives, and share an opinion that ‘Paddington 2’ is the best film...
As New York City is invaded by alien creatures who hunt by sound, a woman named Sam fights to survive with her cat.
Memories interesting to me is how genres evolve and sub-genres emerge. This is still advertised as a horror film, and I read some comments from disappointed film-goers that it wasn’t scary enough. What I see is a science fiction film with a consistent threat —...
Sparks fly in all directions as marketing maven Kelly Jones, brought in to fix NASA's public image, wreaks havoc on Apollo 11 launch director Cole Davis' already difficult task of putting a man on the moon. When the White House deems the mission too important to fail, Jones is directed to stage a fake moon landing as backup, and the countdown truly begins.
No Go may like this simply as a romantic story. Many people seem to need stories about finding love, and the improbable dance that brings couples together. I’m fine with that, and fine with watching even badly constructed stories, because I revel in a successful,...
