Movie Review: The Road to Mother (2016)
Not your average bad movie, it’s definitely trying to be good. It’s just not quite there.
Articles by Michael O'Sullivan
Having watched so many films of different shapes and sizes, I am a bitter, fastidious sod who lives up to his film snobbish reputation. I will watch anything and I do mean anything. I've seen things that would make lesser men tremble in fear, like Gigli. And I've seen things that much more sensible people would turn off before it was too late, like Gigli. I hate Gigli.
Movie Review: Whisky Galore! (2016)
Sometimes a film only needs to have the right atmosphere to make it a charismatic treat to watch.
Movie Review: Wolves (2016)
While its better scenes help to distract from these moments, clichés are still clichés, and no matter what strengths its actors might bring to the film, “Wolves” remains a bland, uninteresting drama that leaves the viewer feeling underwhelmed as its credits begin to roll.
Movie Review: Underground Kings (2017)
Unless your name is James Nguyen (the man responsible for treasures like “Birdemic 2: The Resurrection”), it’s difficult to laugh at a terrible movie on a shoestring budget. The temptation is to look for the silver linings, the more admirable qualities of what, frankly, looks like a disaster in pixels. Who doesn’t want to be…
Movie Review: Chapter & Verse (2015)
All of its potential and promise is thwarted by an incessant reliance on cliché. What’s left is a story that has nothing intriguing or ingenious to offer and so feels underwhelming from start to finish.
Movie Review: Legal Smuggling with Christine Choy (2016)
For the most part, its animation is the primary thing taken away from the overall production. Short films are a tricky form of filmmaking to create as brevity can risk the resonance to its own story. While undoubtedly amusing for its brief run time, but whether it will be remembered shortly after screening is uncertain at best.
Movie Review: Catch 22: Based on the Unwritten Story by Seanie Sugrue (2016)
If attempting to make a film that might be considered edgy, make absolutely certain that it is an audacious work and not just an exercise in being insufferable.