Disney has long been accused of manipulating the subjects of its nature documentaries, with the most notorious example being that time they allegedly imported and murdered a herd of lemmings …
‘Furious 7’ Lives Up to Its Title, Despite Frenetic Ambition
The most bonkers of Furious 7’s many bonkers moments hinges, naturally, on a bonkers car. How bonkers is it? It is so bonkers that it comes with people; If you’re …
Lackluster Kids’ Sci-Fi Flick ‘Home’ Phones It In
I think I’ve mentioned this before, but it bears repeating in the face of DreamWorks’ newest feature, Home: I’m really pretty bad at this film-critic thing. I think movies should …
The Irish Troubles Serve as Backdrop for Intense Thriller ‘’71’
In the years following the violent, decades-long Northern Ireland conflict known euphemistically as the Troubles, Belfast has emerged as a uniquely troubled chunk of cinematic real estate. It’s provided the …
Kenneth Branagh Brings Old-School Hollywood Glamour to Disney’s New ‘Cinderella’
In this age of wholesale revisionism, there’s something that feels almost subversive about director Kenneth Branagh’s defiantly old-fashioned Cinderella. There are hardly any postmodern twists or deconstructed tropes in his …