Posts Tagged ‘Harry Potter’
Film Review – Guns Akimbo
Well, I got to give Daniel Radcliffe this credit: he sure picks interesting projects. Since leaving the Harry Potter franchise in 2011, Radcliffe has taken a very deliberate approach in trying to shed the boy wizard image. This includes physical efforts such as growing horns…
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Film Review – Little Women (2019)
This is how you do it. Film adaptations of classic pieces of literature are so common we all take them for granted. And in the case of some works like this one, it feels like there have been so many versions created at this point…
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Film Review – Downton Abbey
It’s at this point where I must make a troubling confession: I’ve never seen an episode of the television show, Downton Abbey. I was well aware of it while it was on air and of its popularity. There were a few elements that I gathered…
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Film Review – Tolkien
From Game of Thrones to Harry Potter, the lasting influence of fantasy author J.R.R. Tolkien is evident. Most of the tropes we’ve come to associate with high fantasy were explored first in his Lord of the Rings and Hobbit novels that were originally published from…
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Film Review – Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
There is nothing like going back to a beloved series, so etched in your mind both the experiences of reading the books and then seeing the film adaptations. While it is not Harry Potter, it is the same universe only in prequel form and expanding…
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Film Review – Darkest Hour
When it comes to “transformative” actors – those that have the innate ability to physically disappear into a role – there are very few who are at the level of Gary Oldman. He has a way of altering his very being for a performance, whether…
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Film Review – Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
The return to the wizarding world of J.K. Rowling begins with that iconic tune with the Warner Brothers’ logo shrouded in clouds. After that, the film begins with a wizard stand-off scene featuring a violent bang or flash that only lasts about a minute. We are…
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Film Review – Camp X-Ray
Camp X-Ray tells the story of a precarious and interesting relationship between Cole and Ali. Cole (Kristen Stewart) is in the Army and starts a tour as a guard at Guantanamo Bay, where the government holds accused terrorists. Ali (Peyman Moaadi, A Separation) is a…
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