1.COLLATERAL BEAUTY (David Frankel): Yet again: strong cast (MICHAEL CUMPSTY!), worse material. 2 many movies in 1, none good, all tolerable
— Write All Nite (@aintnohero) December 23, 2016
Continue reading “Tweet of Consciousness: COLLATERAL BEAUTY (David Frankel)”
The Brand New Testament may have one of the best premises of any movie this year, especially due to how deftly it justifies the need for more diverse creators in all artistic worlds.
Just when I thought movies had exhausted every last possible World War II story, along comes Land of Mine, Denmark’s official submission to this year’s Academy Awards that was shortlisted as one of the nine best foreign films of 2016. Since the foreign language branch is notorious for skirting the most critically-acclaimed candidates in favor of more conventional fare – which is often a shame because a large percentage of the most daringly inventive work being produced today occurs overseas – many critics already believe without having even seen the movie that yet another WWII story must conform to this unfortunate trend. But Land of Mine actually does contain a surprising amount of contemporary, relevant, resonant profundity. It may look like the same old WWII flick, but that’s almost the point.
Continue reading “This Little LAND OF MINE, Oscars Gonna Let It Shine”
Demanding close study, its abstract yet PRECISE minimalism actually does “say a lot by only saying a little.” (2/)
— Write All Nite (@aintnohero) December 20, 2016
Continue reading “Tweet of Consciousness: THE EYES OF MY MOTHER (Nicolas Pesce)”
ALLIED: Loving genre riff (+ plot extrapolation) of CASABLANCA. Zemeckis joyously revels in classic Hollywood melodrama/spy thriller tropes
— Write All Nite (@aintnohero) December 19, 2016
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A continuation of this thread:
The success of ‘Sorkin Speak’ – Aaron Sorkin’s signature hyper-speed/intellectual dialogue – relies on nearing the precipice of failure (2/)
— Write All Nite (@aintnohero) December 19, 2016
Continue reading “Tweet of Consciousness: MISS SLOANE (John Madden)”
but no theatre equipped for this sized image) + lack of BP’s narration diminished UWV’s crucial total immersion in comparison to BPV’s (2/)
— Write All Nite (@aintnohero) December 14, 2016
BLEED FOR THIS: a prime example of how smart casting can elevate a straight forward, pedestrian movie into an enjoyable viewing experience
— Write All Nite (@aintnohero) December 13, 2016
Continue reading “Tweet of Consciousness: OFFICE CHRISTMAS PARTY (Josh Gordon/Will Speck)”
BLEED FOR THIS: a prime example of how smart casting can elevate a straight forward, pedestrian movie into an enjoyable viewing experience
— Write All Nite (@aintnohero) December 13, 2016
Continue reading “Tweet of Consciousness: BLEED FOR THIS (Ben Younger)”
In my continued efforts to cover everything that I see on Write All Nite, I’ve been tweeting my character-restricted, and thus brief thoughts on movies and some shows and other works of art that don’t compel me to go deep on them in a fully-realized, and thus fully-verbose piece. Click here to follow me on Twitter to read these updates in real time, but for those not as technologically-savvy, I’ve also decided to post them on Write All Nite in a new series titled ‘Tweet of Consciousness.’ As the name – and the prior explanation – suggests, these will be my stream of consciousness reactions to whatever I see that doesn’t warrant lengthier responses. They will all retain Twitter’s format, but for those not familiar with it, all you really have to know is that you should read the tweets as they’ll be presented in all subsequent posts: from top to bottom in their chronological order. The titles of each post will contain (in parentheses, like so) the name of the director for movies, and the names of the playwright plus the producing theatre company for theatre. Continue reading “Explaining My TWEET OF CONSCIOUSNESS”
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