Even though The Party isn’t technically based on a play, this new movie exhibits both the best and worst attributes of stage-to-screen adaptations.
Category: Remember All the Movies, Terry, We’d Go See
7 DAYS IN ENTEBBE (José Padilha)
7 Days in Entebbe is to political thrillers what fellow 2018 releases 12 Strong is to war movies and what Den of Thieves is to cops-and-robbers yarns.
THOROUGHBREDS (Cory Finley)
Thoroughbreds is mostly an exercise in style, but there’s some substance there too.
KILLER LEGO(las)
It was just announced that Orlando Bloom will star as the title character in a London revival of Tracy Letts’ 1993 play Killer Joe.
LOVE, SIMON (Greg Berlanti)
Love, Simon’s soundtrack provides a window into where the movie comes up short.
A Tale of Two Animated Animals
The best reason to see Peter Rabbit is to realize the difficulty of what the similar Paddington series achieves.
TOMB RAIDER (Roar Uthaug)
An action movie without a distinct personality is one thing, but having no personality at all?
This Week in News
This week, I mix in a few more personal observations along with my usual news recaps:
A WRINKLE IN TIME (Ava DuVernay)
So in A Wrinkle in Time, Mindy Kaling’s character speaks exclusively in inspirational quotes.
Run-On Sentence Review: GOLDSTONE
A run-on sentence review of Ivan Sen’s Goldstone:
Write All Nite 