I’m afraid I have to agree with the consensus here: A Wrinkle in Time isn’t very good. Mostly because it’s a mature film trapped in a Disneyfied body, needing to take flight but barely getting off the […]
Tag: Adventure
Isle of Dogs (Anderson, 2018)
It’s hard to articulate just why Isle of Dogs came up short for me. The backlash regarding the translation/non-translation dynamic of the Japanese dialogue is worth contemplating, though since this is a polemic from the eyes of Othered victims, […]
Christopher Robin (Forster, 2018)
The nostalgia factor on this one is high. I, like many other children, grew up on Winnie the Pooh. I watched the full-length movies, the cartoons, and I’m pretty sure I had a stuffed Pooh […]
Black Panther (Coogler, 2018)
I’ve made it clear in other reviews that I’m no Marvel fanatic, and that their cookie-cutter approach to plot and characterization has becoming maddeningly repetitive with each new entry. It’s so nice, then, to watch […]
Coco (Unkrich, 2017)
Like much of the Pixar canon, Coco is a universal film that reaches the hearts of both children and adults alike.
Hunt for the Wilderpeople (Waititi, 2016)
Taika Waititi’s Hunt for the Wilderpeople is so precious. I don’t mean that negatively—it’s just a really cute film that you want to give a warm hug to.
Kubo and the Two Strings (Knight, 2016)
Undoubtedly the best animated film of 2016 in the way it combines superlative stop-motion with an engaging, thoughtful story.
Midnight Special (Nichols, 2016)
Midnight Special is trying to tell something more ambitious in scope, yet Nichols doesn’t go out of his way to make it ambitious. And so you’re left watching it, maybe pleasantly, maybe impatiently; when the end comes, it neither jolts nor astounds. It leaves nary a mark.
The Lost City of Z (Gray, 2016)
James Gray is a director you can count on to give you just the right amount of beauty and substance. It’s always a pleasure to watch one of his films, because the compositions are always so on-point, the technique so crisp and luminescent, and the storytelling packed with emotional beats and refined characterisation.
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (Rønning & Sandberg, 2017)
Like many franchises, Pirates of the Caribbean should have walked the plank after its third entry—and even then, it had already overstayed its welcome.
The Lonely Film Critic 