Flash Review: Edge of Tomorrow [2014]
Can we please keep Tom Cruise for 50 more years? The man still has it and it’s all on display in Edge of Tomorrow, a thoroughly satisfying and unexpectedly solid actioner. At 51,… Continue reading
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Flash Review: Maleficent [2014]
Perhaps in another scenario, I would’ve absolutely loathed a movie that takes a beloved animated story and its iconic villain and turns them on their heads, rendering the horned evil fairy into more… Continue reading
The Fault In Our Stars [2014]
Directed by: Josh Boone Written by: Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber; based on the novel by John Green Starring: Shailene Woodley, Ansel Elgort, Nat Wolff, Laura Dern, Willem Dafoe, Mike Birbiglia It’s not like… Continue reading
X-Men: Days of Future Past [2014]
Directed by: Bryan Singer Written by: Simon Kinberg, based on a story by Jane Goldman, Matthew Vaughn and Kinberg Starring: James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Hugh Jackman, Jennifer Lawrence, Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen, Nicholas… Continue reading
Flash Review: Godzilla [2014]
Is it Gareth Edwards’s, like, goal in life to bore people to death or am I just immune to his “charms”? After Monsters and now this, I am almost convinced he’s spearheading… Continue reading
Scattered Frames: The Monster Lunchbox of Budapest
Hello everyone! Welcome to the newest edition of Scattered Frames. Today we review Wes Anderson’s latest, star-studded affair, a charming Indian dramedy and a kaiju adventure set in “Mexico”. Check it out! The… Continue reading
Flash Review: A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
Marlon Brando is out-of-this-world great in this mid-century film by Elia Kazan, based on the play by Tennessee Williams, but he’s stranded alone in a stuffy, impossibly melodramatic domestic drama that goes on… Continue reading
Flash Review: Cada vez nos despedimos mejor
“My father fucked my mother over, then I fucked Sara over and then a series of unfortunate events fucked us all”, narrates Mateo (Diego Luna) in Cada vez nos despedimos mejor (can be… Continue reading
The Amazing Spider-Man 2 [2014]
Directed by: Marc Webb Written by: Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci and Jeff Pinkner; story by Kurtzman, Orci, Pinkner and James Vanderbilt; based on the comic by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko Starring: Andrew… Continue reading
Captain America: The Winter Soldier [2014]
Directed by: Anthony Russo, Joe Russo (post-credit scene directed by Joss Whedon) Written by: Christopher Markus, Stephen McFeely; concept and story by Ed Brubaker; based on the comic book by Joe Simon and… Continue reading