Materialists is Celine Song’s sophomore effort. Her first film, Past Lives, was a big commercial hit. It made almost $43 million worldwide with a budget of only $12 million.
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“The Life of Chuck” was not what I expected. It was entirely uncommon, towards the good. A rare experience, I hope to go through again soon.
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“Ballerina” is a rage-focused, executioner narrative that doesn’t waste time getting to the violence and killing, that’s for sure. It never really stepped away from it, either.
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“Karate Kid: Legends” takes on a story that has been hashed and rehashed many times before. Starting with the original film in 1984 (“The Karate Kid”) up to the end of the recent Netflix series (“Cobra Kai”), there have been a lot of karate, kung fu, and teenage angst up on the screen. And now the original “Kid” from first version has become a little older, too. Read more
“A Hard Place” puts an ‘indie’ spin on a 1996 action horror movie called “From Dusk till Dawn”. The older movie shows a group of nasty criminals hiding out after a robbery. They get caught in an unexpected supernatural trap where monsters are there to prey on the robbers. In this movie, the robbers get in the middle of two ancient evil forces. It is very much ‘a hard place’… Read more
Look elsewhere if you’re looking for a fair amount of passion for the night. The idea of romance, and the desire for it, is here, but don’t look for deep meaning beyond a few dreamy looks in the romance department.
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“Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning” has the edge-of-your-seat Stunts and Action sequences that are unparalleled. But the overly long setup, the endless callbacks to prior movies and talky explanations bog it all down. Sometimes it becomes closer to “Mission: Inoperable – The Final Exposition”. Read more
