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).
Category: Remember All the Movies, Terry, We’d Go See
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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WAR FOR THE PLANET OF THE APES (Matt Reeves)
A series of accolades regarding Matt Reeves’ War for the Planet of the Apes:
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VALERIAN AND THE CITY OF A THOUSAND PLANETS (Luc Besson)
Looks like I’m going to have to start the cult fan-club for Luc Besson’s Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets.
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A WOMAN’S LIFE (Stéphane Brizé)
A Woman’s Life is French screenwriter/director’s Stéphane Brizé’s achingly human (his signature brand!) riff on Jane Austen-fare, based on the novel by Guy de Maupassant.
COLOSSAL, The Worst Movies of the Year, and Neon’s Pre-Show Short-Films
The potential impact of Colossal’s creative premise is needlessly spoiled by the trailer.
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