One of the most important aspects to a successful action movie is the ability to align the story and sequences with the personality of the protagonist, which is usually the USP of the movie. Yes, the quality of the scenes itself is important, but the ability to set the tone and make it work with […]
Month: November 2019
Greener Grass review – weird and impassive satire of the sunny suburbs | Comedy movies
Jocelyn DeBoer and Dawn Luebbe are Los Angeles comedians and veterans of the improv group Upright Citizens Brigade Theater who are now making their debut as writer-director-stars of this painstakingly deadpan suburban satire inhabited by people from a spotlessly clean with notes from Stepford and Todd Solondz. The title may lead you to think it’s […]
10 Underrated Comedy Movies From The 2010s You Must See
2019 is coming to an end, which means it’s time to look back, not only on the past year, but the decade of the 2010s as well. In terms of movies, the 2010s were filled with future classics. of all kinds of genres. Specifically, in comedy we have seen huge hits like dead Pool and […]
Ford vs. Ferrari: James Mangold explains why studio action movies are bad
Mangold avoided the drama-less green screen and sensory overload that he said has hollowed out big-budget commercial filmmaking. [Editorâs Note: This article is presented by the Apple TV app. Watch some of this yearâs contenders here.] âFord v Ferrariâ has been called a throwback, a throwback to classic Hollywood cinema that we’ve seen less and […]
Someone, Somewhere review – slow-burning Parisian therapy romance | Romance movies
MMuch like the process of psychotherapy, patience is required to achieve results while watching this modestly entertaining slow-burning Parisian romance from Cedric Klapisch, who pulls off a cute trick by shaking up the cute encounter at the end of the movie. What happens before its protagonists blink is a kind of emotional spring cleaning. Both […]
Movies like Charlie’s Angels | 7 best similar action movies
The trio of hot and sexy (luckily on the bright side) femme fatales, ‘Charlie’s Angels’ are back. With an all-new cast, the film offers yet another thrilling adventure. For those who don’t know, the ‘Charlie’s Angels’ franchise began with a TV show in 1976. The core of the series revolves around a group of three […]
The 10 most underrated action movies of the ’80s
Action movies about heists, capers, police detectives and traditional human teams have become a thing of the past. Mainstream movies of the genre today are more often about robots, AI, and massive superhero battles in big cities. Every now and then we always get a great action movie that stays grounded and realistic, but if […]
Last Christmas Review – Emma Thompson’s romantic comedy is a stuffed turkey | comedy movies
SSomewhere in the last decade audiences, and in turn financiers, fell in love with the London romantic comedy, a subgenre that had almost single-handedly kept the British film industry alive, or at least somewhat lucrative. They were repetitive, predictable, and filled with characters that were exclusively, uncomfortably, classy and white, but they were also undeniably […]