Michael Winterbottom is a prolific filmmaker whose work covers a wide range of genres, including action thrillers, political dramas, period pieces, and even broad comedies. The last movie of his I saw was The Trip to Greece, a droll, improvised travel documentary featuring Rob Brydon and Steve Coogan. It couldn’t be more different from Shoshana, …
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Rental Pick: LOVING VINCENT (2017)
In a story depicted in oil painted animation, a young man comes to the last hometown of painter Vincent van Gogh to deliver the troubled artist's final letter and ends up investigating his final days there. Billed as the world's first fully painted animation feature, naturally each scene is worth framing. It's a gorgeous film …
FlixChatter Review: Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (2016)
Jane Austen's brilliant work has endured over two centuries so far and it's as relevant as ever. I'm not a purist Austen fan, as I actually enjoy alternative/re-imagining of her work, i.e. Lost in Austen, Bride & Prejudice, Bridget Jones Diary, Austenland, etc. But none are as outlandish as what Seth Grahame-Smith's done in his book. I hadn't read it, …
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FlixChatter Review: JUPITER ASCENDING (2015)
This film was supposed to open in the Summer of 2014, but Warner Bros' delayed it to give more time for post-production work. Heh, clearly they're far more concerned with all the CGI extravaganza as what the film needed more is a script rewrite. I already had a bad feeling about this even from the unintentionally …
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