Posts Tagged ‘Mad Max’
Film Review – Borderlands
I should start this review by admitting that I have never played the Borderlands video games. I’m fully aware of their existence and how beloved they are among fans. Fate just didn’t have it in the cards for me as a casual gamer. That said, I don’t…
READ MORETop 15 Films of 2015 – Allen’s Picks
I know what people say: “Lists of anything are dumb. How can you take something as subjective as movies and rank them in order?” Well, that’s kind of the beauty of it: no one list is definitive. If anything, putting out one’s favorite films only reveals…
READ MOREFilm Review – The Tribe
Pimpin’ ain’t easy at a Ukrainian school for the deaf, for the students or the audience. The Tribe, from director Miroslav Slaboshpitsky, plays as an effective experiment in how cinema communicates, with all dialogue in Ukrainian sign language, an expressive cast, and no onscreen subtitles.…
READ MOREFilm Review – Tomorrowland
This film is difficult to talk about. Part of the charm and fun of the new Disney film Tomorrowland is the mystery surrounding it. The Disney marketing machine has done an admirable job of whetting the public’s appetite for this story without revealing much at…
READ MOREFilm Review – Mad Max: Fury Road
When it comes to hyperbolic storytelling, action movies are about as pure filmmaking as you can get. With the release of Mad Max in 1979, the bar for action films was placed at an unprecedented level due to a raw, unbridled approach to practical stunts.…
READ MOREFilm Review – Young Ones
They shoot horses don’t they? That statement is not really so much a question, as it is a declaration of fate. The idea being, if a horse breaks its leg, it can’t be healed and is thus better to put the animal out its misery.…
READ MOREFilm Review – Guardians of the Galaxy
Once upon a time, in a galaxy far, far away roguish heroes taught us that being an outlaw and saving the day didn’t have to be mutually exclusive. With a confident, yet sly smile, a person could go between the halves of the world, the…
READ MOREFilm Review – The Rover
Amidst the sun drenched landscape, between ringing shots of gunfire and desperate attempts for survival, a man sits in a small room lined with cages full of dogs. His name is Eric (Guy Pearce). He sits staring at the cages. Nothing is said, and no…
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