Beggars can’t be choosers during the global lock-down. Cinemas are closed, blockbuster movies and their smaller brethren delayed, and Netflix’s back catalogue has been squeezed drier than a tube of antibacterial hand gel. So when the streaming platform serves up a new release, written and produced by the all-conquering Russo brothers no less, audiences were…
After nearly three weeks since my press screening, I have been secretly dreading composing a review for James Cameron’s latest production, Alita: Battle Angel. Even more so than dreading it, I was truly unsure of how to approach it, since the experience has almost completely been wiped from my memory (for the better, incidentally). But…
One of the most attractive and thrilling aspects of Tsugumi Ohba’s manga and Tetsuro Araki’s anime adaptation of Death Note, is that the persistent and ever-twisting mind games played against a stylish and neo-noir backdrop always seem to build on the one preceding it until it reaches unfathomable heights. Though there have been live-action adaptations…
Animated films aimed at children are sometimes made to the detriment of the trapped grown-ups that have to accompany their restless tykes and endure the relentlessly silly-minded, junior-sized high jinks. However, there are a few animated films that can equally draw in the impish impulses of both the giddy child and sensible adult alike —…
I already know I’m going to receive flack for this, so I’m just going to state it plainly: I have not read Alan Moore’s graphic novel “Batman: The Killing Joke.” I have also not seen any of Warner Bros. Pictures’ animated DC library, including any episodes of “Batman: The Animated Series.” I went into Batman:…
The treachery in Sin City is peaking in this second trailer for Sin City: A Dame To Kill For and it is Senator Roark (Powers Booth) who is prominently displayed pulling the strings on all the interconnected storylines. Fan favorites including Nancy (Jessica Alba), Marv (Mickey Rourke), McCarthy (Josh Brolin), Gail (Rosario Dawson) and newcomer…
“A blockbuster production with a devilishly unpredictable plot” one of the film’s characters says in a different context, but these words might as well be used when describing Snowpiercer. Based on the French graphic novel Le Transperceneige, Joon-ho Bong’s latest film marks the South Korean director’s English-language debut. The story is set in a future…
