Tag: Cate Blanchett
REVIEW: Borderlands (2024)
Borderlands is based on a video game series of the same name made by Gearbox Software and published by 2K for PC, Xbox, and PlayStation, among other platforms. I am not a big gamer and rarely know much about video games, so I was attracted to the Borderlands movie for the same reasons I would &helli...
Read MoreREVIEW: Tár (2022)
Jed | Hollywood Scholar | Jan 27, 2023 | 0
Tár is not a film that is easily analyzed or critiqued, as it does not ebb and flow with the customary arcs and crescendos of mainstream storytelling. The beautifully chaotic and rousing orchestral soundtrack seems diametrically opposed to the slow build and gradual edification that defines the sto...
Read MoreConductor Blasts Tár, Answers Kumail Nanjiani’s Question
Remember a few days ago when Eternals star Kumail Nanjiani whined about Hollywood only casting white men as villains? I hope he’s paying attention because someone laid out for him exactly why that happens. The movie Tár, which has been getting lots of accolades and awards buzz (for whatever the l...
Read MoreREVIEW: Ponyo (2008)
For one reason or another, the Studio Ghibli movies from 2008 onwards tend to be ones I never saw (The Wind Rises, From Up on Poppy Hill) or that I saw once and didn’t like at all. The latter category pertains to Ponyo (2008), Hayao Miyazaki’s loose adaptation of The Little Mermaid by Hans Chris...
Read MoreREVIEW: Cinderella (2015)
Last month, Disney released The Lion King, their latest and cash-grabbiest live-action remake. With this in mind, I’d like to take a look back at my personal favorite product of this trend, 2015’s Cinderella. Although the film opened to a strong box office and mostly positive reviews, it has sin...
Read MoreREVIEW: How to Train Your Dragon 2 (2014)
Usually I have reservations when a sequel, spin-off, or basically any continuation of a movie I liked is announced; however, I could not have been more ready for more after I saw DreamWorks’ How to Train Your Dragon. The first movie introduced a breathtaking world full of interesting characters, a...
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