New York clowns to protest IT over loss of business, a move that cannot possibly backfire
It has done gangbusters at the box office and has garnered excellent reviews. Unfortunately, It might be affecting the lives and pocket books ...
Tag: adaptation
Reviews
Review: American Assassin
There was a time back in the 90s and early 2000s when an American spy or hero or killer guy in a movie ...
Reviews
Review: Last Flag Flying
Richard Linklater’s movies tend to work best when they feel like hanging out. There’s a breeziness to the language as people walk, talk, ...
Reviews
NYFF Review: Zama
Zama is a novelistic film, but not because it’s an adaptation of a 1956 Argentinian novel by Antonio di Benedetto. Watching Zama creates a ...
Joe Wright & Casey Affleck to adapt beautifully depressing John Williams novel Stoner
John Williams’ Stoner is one of my favorite books. First published in 1965, it had faded into obscurity for decades–a trajectory similar to ...
Review: It
Summer is over. We’re entering the weekend past Labor Day. And yet, officially, technically (sorry everyone back in school), we’ve still got two ...
Trailers
There’s a trailer for Takashi Miike’s 100th film, Blade of the Immortal
Takashi Miike is one of my favorite directors for several reasons, the first of which is likely how versatile he is. Miike has ...
Reviews
Review: Death Note
Death Note, the second major Japanese manga to be adapted as a major Hollywood production this year, is facing some of the same ...
Reviews
Review: The Defenders (Season 1)
When the Marvel Cinematic Universe first came to Netflix it seemed like such a great idea. Four individual series of shows focused on ...
Trailers
Trailer: Richard Linklater’s Last Flag Flying is an old man road trip en route to a funeral
Richard Linklater is best known for peripatetic indies like the Before trilogy, Slacker, and Boyhood, but his filmography is dotted with uncharacteristic entries, ...
The Dark Tower TV series is still happening and has a producer
The Dark Tower movie is out and it’s a bit of a let down, but that isn’t going to stop production companies MCR and ...
Karl Urban is open to starring in the Dredd TV Series
Back in 2012, Dredd was the sleeper-hit action movie none of us knew we wanted. Sure, it seemed like just another phoned in ...