Category: Movie Reviews
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“Evil Dead Rise” Review: Buckets of Blood and Campy Delight
Does it evolve past the initial concept by Sam Raimi and the frenetic interpretation by Fede Alvarez’ Evil Dead (2013)? Or does it just become more of the same, not adding anything to the plethora of recent groundbreaking horror movies?
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‘Shazam! Fury of the Gods’ Review: Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice-lite
In the generally dour, dark and morose tone the DCEU has had with films such as Man of Steel, Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice, Suicide Squad, among others, one film that was a beacon of light and fun, rightfully so, was David F. Samberg’s Shazam! (2019). It was always seen as a jovial take…
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‘Scream VI’ Review
In Scream VI we leave Woodsboro and follow our heroes into the Big Apple. Does this new location bring a fresh perspective into the aging franchise?
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‘Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania’ Review: Time is Fleeting
Time is a concept that’s being explored as of late in a lot of the MCU and the larger collection of superhero movies, such as The Flash. As we venture into larger-than-ever narratives that include time travel and multiverse shenanigans, it opens the world into bigger and grander adventures. But for me, it also gives…
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‘Fair Play’ Review: Anxiety-Inducing Look at Gender-Dynamics (Sundance 2023)
In the last few years, we as a society have been evaluating how we approach office interactions in the workplace, ranging from what’s deemed as acceptable behavior and what to look for in terms of a toxic work environment. Writer-director Chloe Domont’s opera prima Fair Play is designed to make us realize our workplace interactions…
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Brujería: la historia real sobre un acto de justicia
Brujería es una película que gira entorno al concepto de la justicia, aunque muchos entenderán que la justicia que se da en esta película es, en realidad, venganza. En nuestra sociedad existen muchos ejemplares cinematográficos y literarios sobre el concepto de la venganza y, en muchas ocasiones, el medio de la venganza para llegar a…
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Run Rabbit Run: terror a fuego leeeento
La culpa suele ser un compañero de vida peligroso. A menudo los secretos terminan por reventar como globo de cumpleaños en una tarde calurosa. Eso, y el asunto de que la maternidad es jodidamente complicada de por sí, son los temas que explora Run Rabbit Run, un thriller psicológico australiano escrito por la novelista Hannah…
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Divinity: una divina comedia
Tienes dos opciones, la vida eterna o la habilidad de dar a luz. En esta versión de los hechos, no se pueden tener ambas. Divinity es una película que intenta encapsular la vanidad humana en un futuro alterno ilustrado por medio de imágenes de una serie sci-fi de los años 50 o 60. Véase The…
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‘Magazine Dreams’ Review: A Self-Destructive Tale of Tragic Obsession (Sundance 2023)
Throughout the history of cinema, we’ve seen many narratives of obsession and sheer determination to do whatever it takes to become the best, with films such as Black Swan (2010), Whiplash (2014), and Foxcatcher (2014), to name a few. These movies showcase how far off the deep end people can go to achieve glory and…
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Onyx the Fortuitous and the Talisman of Souls: de YouTube para el mundo
Andrew Bowser, quien escribió, dirigió y protagonizó la película, comenzó a elevar su carrera como comediante cuando le dio vida al personaje de ‘Onyx the Fortuitous’ en su canal de YouTube: BowserVids. La webseries tomó tanto auge que Bowser pudo recolectar $610,467 a través de la plataforma de Patreon para poder llevar a Onyx a…
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