Once upon a time, Disney mastered the art of manufacturing fairy tales, mostly for better…but somewhat for worse too.
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Category: Remember All the Movies, Terry, We’d Go See
A Kind Of Apology to Blumhouse Productions
Last year, I posted a rather negative takedown of Blumhouse Productions, in which I bemoaned their lack of ingenuity in the name of box office riches and likened this formula to that of modern-day superhero movies, specifically those of Marvel Studios.
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#NotMyPowerRangers
Unlike the hordes of deplorables who may use the hashtag that serves as the title of this piece to express their grievances regarding the casting-diversity in this year’s big-screen adaptation of Power Rangers, I wish to direct its sentiment not at the cast’s inclusive representation — one of the few redeeming qualities in the whole affair — but rather at the generic, superhero dreck that surrounds them.
WHOSE STREETS? (Sabaah Folayan & Damon Davis)
A documentary about a tragically-seminal modern event like Ferguson sounds almost essential given the current political crisis.
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A Year of Niche
2017 is shaping up to be a year of niche movies.
ANNABELLE: CREATION (David F. Sandberg)
Annabelle: Creation is comprised almost exclusively of tired horror tropes, and even lacks the common positive ones (it couldn’t at least throw the audience the genre’s customarily stylish cinematography).
THE TRENDETECTOR
=As a newcomer to the #FreelanceLyfe, I’ve been revisiting some movies and shows from earlier this year trying to detect trends that would make for juicy pitches in the eyes of omnipotent editors.
BEING THERE (Hal Ashby)
A sheltered man with an unconventional mind lives a golden-spoon life far removed from the poverty right outside his not-so-humble abode. Some may call him simple, but his distinct perspective is a direct result of his only access to the outside world: obsessive television watching. Almost everything he knows about life has been gleaned from the boob tube. Through this small-screen understanding, he dupes his way into the highest offices of America, convincing the country he’s someone that he’s not.
Don’t worry: this is not yet another think piece about Donald J. Trump.
CHiPS (Dax Shepard)
Trailers for Dax Shepard’s CHiPS looked waaaaaaay too generic.
A Reappraising-Intervention for DIRECTOR Ben Affleck
After the deservedly abysmal response to last year’s Live by Night, it’s time to ask: Is Ben Affleck a great filmmaker, or just better than expected?
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Write All Nite 