Dec 24, 2024 · This version of “Nosferatu” is actually a fusion of two sources, the original 1924 silent film “Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror,” directed by F.W. Murnau; and Bram Stoker’s novel Dracula and the 1932 Tod Browning movie that adapted it. Maybe we should say that there are three main sources: another major influence is Francis Coppola’s silent-film-influenced yet Japanese sci-fi ...

Nov 27, 2024 · It’s not that the psycho-dramatic dreads we feel in those former two films aren’t a part of “Maria.” For everyone who’s ever feared losing a big part of what defines them, and for everyone who’s opened their hearts to something they love so widely and unrestrictedly, only to see various forms of cruelty sneak in, this generous and beautiful picture ought to be a gut-punch.

Nov 22, 2024 · As water rises, flooding everything in its path, the cat finds itself standing on an island of its own, quite literally. A giant statue of a cat—a monument to feline companions—is almost completely submerged, forcing the hero to survive by …

Apr 26, 2024 · What a situation! The instability of it keeps “Challengers” on its toes even when it’s on the verge of getting tripped up by plot machinations and the past/present storytelling churn of Justin Kuritzkes’ screenplay and Marco Costa’s editing. There’s a lively cinematic subgenre that deconstructs the rise and fall of a relationship by jumping around …

Nov 22, 2024 · Nitpicking over plausibility is, many would argue, no way to go about assessing an action/suspense thriller. Nevertheless, one of the crucial plot points of “Armor,” directed by Justin Routt from a script by Cory Todd Hughes and Adrian …

Sep 27, 2024 · When the war begins, Miller gets a photography job with British Vogue, which has been directed “to encourage the women of Britain to do their duty” by bringing the urgency of what’s happening into the pages of a fashion magazine.At first, she takes pictures of the Blitz, “bombs, chaos, but everyone carried on, and I did what I could to capture it.”

Nov 26, 2024 · They would probably get less restless if “Moana 2” had more adventure in general. While the film carries some notable, resonant cultural material, there’s little actual adventure in what should be a story that amplifies Moana’s burgeoning heroism.

Mar 1, 2024 · The word that will likely be used most often to describe Denis Villeneuve’s “Dune: Part Two” is “massive.” Expect a whole lot of variations on the words “epic” and “spectacle” too. Whatever big words you apply to the result, Villeneuve undeniably did not approach Frank Herbert’s beloved sci-fi novel with modest aspirations, …

Jun 7, 2024 · Very loosely based on a true story, “Hit Man” stars Glen Powell (who also co-wrote this stellar script with Linklater) as Gary Johnson, a New Orleans-based professor who has been assisting the police department with menial tasks like planting bugs and connecting wires in the surveillance van. When a slimy undercover agent named Jasper (Austin Amelio) gets suspended for 120 days for some ...

Nov 1, 2024 · Ever since the surprise worldwide success of “Taken” back in 2008, Liam Neeson has developed a surprisingly secondary career as a badass action hero, generally playing some variation of a guy with a certain set of skills who proceeds to deploy them on any bad guys unfortunate enough to cross his path, especially if they do anything to mess with his family.