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‘Jeepers Creepers: Reborn’ lacks vision
‘Jeepers Creepers: Reborn’ lacks vision
Horror fans have had it pretty good over the last few years. Some absolute gems of original films have come out while the reboots and franchise continuations have also been of a pretty decent quality. At some stage that bubble was going to burst – and well it has pretty much exploded with ‘Jeepers Creepers: Reborn’.
‘Wakanda Forever’ shows Marvel with heart
‘Wakanda Forever’ shows Marvel with heart
When talented young actor Chadwick Boseman passed away in August 2020 it not only devastated the legion of Marvel fans who had grown to love him as Black Panther, it also left a dilemma for the producers of the Marvel cinematic universe.
‘Bros’ gives romantic comedy a new view
‘Bros’ gives romantic comedy a new view
It is always interesting to see the reaction when something ‘new’ lands at the cinema. Most movie fans will have by now heard about director Nicholas Stoller (Forgetting Sarah Marshall) tackling what many consider to be one of Hollywood’s final taboos – a homosexual romantic comedy with the new film ‘Bros’.
Hocus Pocus 2: Halloween without the horror
Hocus Pocus 2: Halloween without the horror
Halloween can be an awkward time of year for parents. Kids of course want to be involved with the festivities any way they can, but most of the films released by Hollywood around that time are horror films that certainly aren’t for kids.
‘Black Adam’ steals the limelight
‘Black Adam’ steals the limelight
The comic-book juggernaut continues with DC entering back into the game… this time with a character that is very fresh and new to the cinema-going audience. That character of course is ‘Black Adam’, a character that has had a couple of false starts with plans originally to bring him into the universe in either ‘Suicide Squad’ or ‘Shazam!’, but now he enters the arena with his very own film – perhaps because one of the world’s biggest stars publicly declared that he wanted to play the role before he was even cast in it.
Is ‘Halloween’ over?
Is ‘Halloween’ over?
Does anybody have a more important and imposing job in cinema this year than director David Gordon Green? It has been 44 years since Jamie Lee Curtis played Laurie Strode first facing off against the menacing Michael Myers in John Carpenter’s 1978 classic ‘Halloween’. Now it is in the hands of Green to close the saga with ‘Halloween Ends’.
‘Ticket to Paradise’ putting fun back into cinema
‘Ticket to Paradise’ putting fun back into cinema
Comedy seems to be a strange genre of cinema these days. In the past the comedy films that were released seemed very different to the films we have reaching screens today. Back then filmmakers were okay making outrageous comedies or comedies that had heart. These days it feels like most filmmakers try to make their comedies ‘different’ or ‘alternative’ and a lot of the time those films barely make the audience raise a smile yet alone a laugh… and as for heart, well forget it ‒ that seems to be a foreign concept.
‘Pinocchio’ lacking a touch of magic
‘Pinocchio’ lacking a touch of magic
It was supposed to be one of the special events of the year and it is easy to see why. The beloved tale of ‘Pinochio’ being brought to life by one of the most creative film directors that Hollywood has ever seen and starring one of the best actors in the industry, surely nothing could go wrong? Right?
Australian filmmaker leverages shark fear in latest ’Reef’ outing
Australian filmmaker leverages shark fear in latest ’Reef’ outing
Are any other fearsome creatures from the deep as universally feared as sharks? It seems wherever you go in the world you will always find someone that has such a fear of these creatures that they will never venture far into the water at the beach. Certainly cinema has played a big part in that with the master himself, Steven Spielberg, scaring the pants off swimmers and surfers forever with the cinematic classic ‘Jaws’.
‘Where the Crawdads Sing’ a murder mystery of solemn beauty
‘Where the Crawdads Sing’ a murder mystery of solemn beauty
It feels strange saying that a film that is mainly a murder mystery is a beautiful film but when it comes to ‘Where the Crawdads Sing’ there is very little about the film that can be described as ‘expected’. And while this may be one of the most anticipated films of the year for those that are avid readers of literature this is also a film that may surprise those that are expecting it to be a nice popcorn film.
Thirteen Lives, a ‘realism’ masterpiece
Thirteen Lives, a ‘realism’ masterpiece
During his illustrious career as a film director, American filmmaker Ron Howard has shown repeatedly that when it comes to telling stories of historic moments on the big screen few can capture emotion and life-changing moments the way he can. From ‘Apollo 13’ to ‘Frost/Nixon’, Howard’s eye for detail has proved the perfect way to capturing history for cinema.
Don’t wait for ‘The Invitation’
Don’t wait for ‘The Invitation’
Famous Australian screenwriter Ray Mooney once told one of his screenwriting classes that when it comes to writing a screenplay, the first 10 minutes must totally capture the viewer while the end of the film has to leave the audience fulfilled by wanting more. Brand-new horror/thriller ‘The Invitation’ is a classic example of how not adhering to one of those rules can totally drag down a film.
‘Beast’ brings suspense to the savannah
‘Beast’ brings suspense to the savannah
Back in 2018 a lot of people laughed when it was announced that a movie was to be released that was basically action hero Jason Staham versus a big shark. Much to the surprise of those that laughed, ‘The Meg’ turned out to be a fun, and more than okay, kind of film. Well now Hollywood is set to take on the animal kingdom once again with Idris Elba facing up to the king of the jungle – a rogue lion.
‘Nope’ brings another world
‘Nope’ brings another world
There perhaps hasn’t been a more divisive film director over the past few years than American filmmaker Jordan Peele. Peele has managed to carve out a small army of people who absolutely adore his work and the ‘brave’ decisions that he makes as he mixes genre filmmaking with political commentary. But at the same time most serious fans of the horror genre, the genre in which Peele has set most of his films to date, don’t feel the same way. In fact some have been pretty critical, especially with his last film ‘Us’ , which admittedly seemed to be a mess from start to finish.
Bullet Train: One fun, fast ride
Bullet Train: One fun, fast ride
Strap yourself in because Brad Pitt is about to take you on one of the wildest rides of 2022 with ‘Bullet Train’. Just at the time when many have thought that there was nothing original left to explore in the action genre, John Wick director David Leitch has returned with one of the most creative and action-packed films that you are ever likely to see.
Predator makes a comeback in ‘Prey’
Predator makes a comeback in ‘Prey’
The idea of a Hollywood re-boot normally doesn’t sit too well with serious movie lovers. The reason for that is that often over the past few years cinema goers have been subjected to some pretty lame re-boots that pay little respect to the original source material that they are ‘borrowing’ from. There have been some though that have bucked the trend, ‘Halloween’ comes to mind straight away, and now it seems that after 35 years of trying Hollywood has finally managed to create a film worthy to carry on the ‘Predator’ legacy.
Ryan Gosling is ‘The Gray Man’
Ryan Gosling is ‘The Gray Man’
When Netflix first announced it was making a $200 million action film it is safe to say that most film lovers said “Okay, this is going to be interesting.” When it was announced that the men in the director’s chair were going to be the Russo brothers (Avengers: Endgame) those cinema lovers were then thinking, “Okay, now this could potentially be something special.”
‘Official Competition’ for a courageous laugh
‘Official Competition’ for a courageous laugh
Actors are vain humans who are all about themselves and directors are strange individuals who will do anything, no matter how crazy, in order to bring their artistic dream alive. It seems strange that that would be the point that a film is trying to make yet that is exactly what we find with Mariano Cohn (The Man Next Door) and Gaston Duprat (The Artist) brand-new film ‘Official Competition’.
‘The Black Phone’ dials up a new genre of horror
‘The Black Phone’ dials up a new genre of horror
Every now and then a film comes along in the horror genre that changes the genre forever. Way back in 1999 ‘The Blair Witch Project’ introduced us to the found-footage sub-genre which is still going strong today. Then of course filmmakers James Wan and Leigh Whannell in 2004 released a little film called ‘Saw’ that not only introduced us to two of the greatest horror filmmakers of all time but also created what many now refer to as the torture-porn sub-genre.
For Love and Thunder
For Love and Thunder
So far this year we have seen Marvel Studios go on a huge film rollercoaster. While the execs at the studio are quick to point out that ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ was a box office success, they seem to forget that ‘Morbius’ and ‘Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness’ never reached the heights that they should have. But whenever somebody asks if the Marvel bubble has burst the answer nearly always seems to be people want to see films about the original Avengers. Well now the time has come to test that theory because the latest Marvel sees the return of one of the originals – the mighty Thor.