Posts Tagged ‘Paul Wernick’
Film Review – Spiderhead
Fresh off his directorial success with Top Gun: Maverick (2022), Joseph Kosinski has returned with the sci-fi thriller, Spiderhead (2022). Adapted from George Saunders’ short story, Escape from Spiderhead, the film examines the themes of control and free will in a society looking to subvert them. This is familiar territory for the genre…
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Film Review – Zombieland: Double Tap
One of the big draws of Zombieland (2009) was the chemistry of the main cast. Zombie-apocalypse survivors Columbus (Jesse Eisenberg), Tallahassee (Woody Harrelson), Wichita (Emma Stone), and Little Rock (Abigail Breslin) made for an entertaining dysfunctional family. Seeing them interact and play off one another…
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Film Review – Deadpool 2
Ryan Reynolds has found his career character. With Deadpool (2016) and now Deadpool 2 (2018), he has solidified a role that allows him to make the most use of his talents. In his previous work, Reynold’s sardonic, wise ass wit made him hard to sympathize…
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Film Review – Deadpool
How does one come to trust the opinion of Ryan Reynolds‘ labor of foul-mouthed love, Deadpool, from a reviewer (strong, I know) who not only knows nothing of the character’s origins but is genuinely befuddled by the Marvel Cinematic Universe as a whole? Especially one…
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