https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufaDurSCKOk&feature=youtu.be If Ex Machina was the promise of a great new filmmaker, Annihilation looks to fulfill it. Alex Garland follows up his directorial debut with this adaptation of Jeff VanderMeer's the best-selling novel, an eco-horror thriller that boasts a spectacular vision with a (female-heavy) cast to match: Natalie Portman, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Tessa Thompson, Gina Rodriguez, Tuva Novotny, and Oscar [...]
***1/2 out of **** Rated R (for strong language) Released: August 4, 2017 NY/LA; expands through fall Runtime: 104 minutes Director: Kogonada Starring: John Cho, Haley Lu Richardson, Parker Posey, Rory Culkin, Michelle Forbes Columbus is, on the surface, the movie equivalent of a great coffee table book about modern architecture. That’s a compliment, to be clear. Shot in [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSdSYmXCPXU The man who's made the most popular (and some of the best) movies of a generation is now the primary focus of one. Spielberg is just that, a feature length documentary about Steven Spielberg, one of the greatest film directors of all time. Produced by HBO, documentarian Susan Lacy conducted almost 30 hours of interviews [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZ9Os8cP_gg The long-awaited Blade Runner sequel is almost here, but before it hits screens director Denis Villeneuve and Warner Bros. are releasing a prequel trilogy of short films to setup where the dystopian world is now, forty years after the original. This one, titled 2048: Nowhere to Run, centers around the character of Sapper Morton, [...]
**1/2 out of **** Rated R (for strong disturbing violent content, some sexuality, nudity, and strong language) Released: September 15, 2017 Runtime: 121 minutes Director: Darren Aronofsky Starring: Jennifer Lawrence, Javier Bardem, Ed Harris, Michelle Pfieffer I could’ve sworn we wouldn’t see a riskier film in 2017 than David Lowery’s A Ghost Story. I was wrong. Being wrong [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkPHhTqssaU Wes Anderson is back in the stop-motion animated world, with his own homespun yet meticulous style. While it focuses on animals like his previous effort Fantastic Mr. Fox did, Isle of Dogs is an Asian set adventure of a very different sort. It's about a Japanese boy's search for his dog after all canines [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=142&v=qqNn14l7hhA This is the movie I want to see. Exactly this. Instead, we'll get the modern Marvel version on November 4, 2017. Even so, as directed by Taika Waititi (Hunt for the Wilderpeople, What We Do In the Shadows), Thor: Ragnarok should hopefully be over-the-top B-movie fun.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=150&v=o1vV0oorclg "This is a story about what makes us different, and about having the courage to find the place where we belong." That's easier said than done in this childhood fantasy that parallels two time periods (a girl in the 1920s, a boy in the 1970s). Based on Brian Selznick's best-selling children's novel (he also [...]
An update to regular readers here at I Can't Unsee That Movie. Due to unforeseen circumstances, I will be pausing all activity through the month of September, both reviews and movie related news. If I'm able to return sooner than that I will, but for now that appears to be the safe estimate. I hope [...]
*** out of **** Rated R (for strong violence, a rape, disturbing images, and strong language) Released: August 18, 2017 Runtime: 107 minutes Director: Taylor Sheridan Starring: Jeremy Renner, Elizabeth Olsen, Graham Greene, Julia Jones, Gil Birmingham, Kelsey Asbille, Jon Bernthal As a screenwriter, Taylor Sheridan tells crime stories that are set in ethnic and lower-class spheres, each [...]
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