Posts Tagged ‘Universal Pictures’
Film Review – The Snowman
In the town of Oslo, Norway a serial killer hunts women and leaves behind a snowman as a calling card. Alcoholic detective Harry Hole (Michael Fassbender) takes up the investigation to find the killer. In some regards that sounds like a solid setup to a…
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Film Review – Happy Death Day
I’d like to think that audiences have gotten much more aware of common movie tropes. This is especially true when it comes to horror flicks. When you’ve seen countless slashers about masked killers picking off unsuspecting people one by one, the cycle gets pretty stale.…
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Film Review – American Made
Tom Cruise is a marquee name in a world that is gradually becoming less interested in marquee names. Unlike the heyday of the 70’s and 80’s, branding a film on the charisma of its star is no longer required or expected to produce a hit.…
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Film Review – Despicable Me 3
“You just can’t get enough of the yellow cuteness!” They say sequels are rarely as good as the first one, but when it comes to Despicable Me, it can only get better – or at least not worse. What do you expect from a second…
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Film Review – The Mummy (2017)
Ugh. Maybe it’s because The Mummy is the least interesting of all of the classic movie monsters. Dracula is seductive and a metaphor for pent up sexuality. The Wolf Man is a tragic figure who often elicits sympathy as much as scares. Frankenstein is a…
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Film Review – The Fate of the Furious
By now we’ve seen cars do pretty much everything a car can and cannot do on screen. Progressively from street car racing to launching sideways out of a moving train, to falling with parachutes out of skies and landing on four wheels. We have even…
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SXSW Film Review – Atomic Blonde
The trailer for Atomic Blonde released online only two days prior to the world premiere at SXSW. Greeted in the Paramount Theatre by a DJ spinning 80s tunes, it certainly set the tone for the film. Director David Leitch (John Wick) greeted the audience along…
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Film Review – Get Out
Jordan Peele – best known as a member of the sketch comedy shows MADtv and Key and Peele – has delivered one of the most suspenseful, insightful, and downright entertaining horror films of the year. Correction: this isn’t just a good horror film – this…
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