Category: Reviews
Bursting with imaginative visuals, exhausting the potential of its bizarre premise, and embodying a love for both the Batman mythos and the anime style, “Batman Ninja” rises to the ranks of the best of the DC Universe Original movies.
The world would have been a far darker, more boring place if Joan Jett had let her bad reputation keep her down. Lucky for us, she didn’t.
Cleverly picking and choosing disparate elements throughout the comics, the creators behind this one incorporated the Court of Owls storyline into a narrative that is ultimately a complex exploration into the relationship between a father and son.
Tarantino has the magical ability to make even the mundane mystifying. But the mesmerizing momentum present in his better movies is squeezed out of this movie by its hobbled pace (scenes are either too long, and what was once immersive becomes tedious) and jarring editing (or scenes are haphazardly peppered into the narrative with no concern for momentum or even relevance).
Bergman likes to torture his audience with some of the most unbearable suffering and dread but every now and then he offers us a fleeting moment of comfort, gratitude, and fulfillment. And like Agnes, we must, whatever may come, seize those moments before they pass us by. Because they will.
“The Social Dilemma” is the height of epistemic irresponsibility and hypocrisy.
I wanted to like this movie. I really did.
Unlike most modern superhero movies, “Birds of Prey” revels in having its own distinct style. The directing, use of color and props, set-design, make-up, and costuming are all heavily rooted in character yet ultimately amalgamated together into a candy-colored, circusy, and always raucous potpourri.
The acting is simultaneously melodramatic and engrossing. The narrative is meticulously crafted, yet never convoluted. The cinematography and noirish lighting has a vividness and, at times, rawness that paints tragic portraits of the characters’ inner lives. All of these bold stylistic choices combine to create an atmosphere that feels dream-like or, more accurately, nightmarish.
Overall, Iron Man 3 has better ideas in theory than in practice but it’s a valiant if largely forgettable attempt.
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