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OVERLORD ■ OVER-LAUDED
OVERLORD could have been awesome, if only it could settle on a particular genre. Fans of SAVING PRIVATE RYAN and BAND OF BROTHERS will likely appreciate the World War II-focused opening. After a parachute drop goes horribly wrong for greenhorn paratrooper Boyce (Jovan Adepo) and the rest of his company, Aussie director Julius Avery quickly […]
SMALLFOOT ■ Different-sized feat
Warner Bros. Animation is more hit than miss but still clearly struggles to consistently delight in the ways that Disney and Pixar do. SMALLFOOT, the latest animated movie from Warner Bros. Animation, underlines this struggle more than ever before, mostly in terms of its tonal confusion. Y’see, SMALLFOOT is an animated kids movie. It’s also […]
CHRISTOPHER ROBIN ■ As sweet as honey
Disney is on fire when it comes to its live-action adaptations of beloved animated things. Part of this is because the House of Mouse has a shrewd eye for matching talented directors with appropriate properties, and this is no different with recruiting Marc Forster to helm CHRISTOPHER ROBIN. While the simplest pitch for CHRISTOPHER ROBIN […]
THE NUN ■ Nun too pleasing
It seems that the creators of THE NUN are all too aware of how unfrightening and unoriginal their movie is. This is made increasingly more evident as you watch a movie whose biggest supernatural feat is to make the 96-minute running time feel like it’s oftentimes excruciatingly long. You’ll likely start to clue on to […]
THE SPY WHO DUMPED ME ■ This movie didn’t bond
I’ll admit it: I’m a sucker for a good (or, hey, even a slightly bad) action comedy film. For me, the magic is unleashed in the chemistry of the stars, their ability to use each other to really squeeze every drop of funny out of a scene and keep it all just that little bit […]
DIE HARD, UHD ■ Christmas in July
Bruce Willis might not consider DIE HARD a Christmas movie but, for many, it’s the Christmas movie. And, really, why shouldn’t it be counted with the collection of other traditional Christmas classics? Dig beneath the surface of a fantastically entertaining action flick and DIE HARD is a movie about family. John McClane (Willis), estranged from […]
