Tag: VFX
The Spice Flows – Dune: Part Two is a Striking Cinematic Achievement
After a delay caused by the twin Hollywood strikes for a chunk of last year, the long anticipated sequel to Dune is upon us as director Denis Villeneuve’s next installment hits multiplexes nationwide. He looks to build upon…
Read More »Ferrari Doesn’t Quite Come Together Across the Finish Line
Legendary director Michael Mann returns to the big screen with a new biopic centered around a legendary car maker. Ferrari transports us to the summer of 1957 as Enzo Ferrari (Adam Driver) and his wife Laura (Penelope Cruz)…
Read More »The Theatrical Experience Lives! You’ve Never Seen Anything Like Avatar: The Way of Water (Since the First Avatar)
After years of waiting and speculation, writer/director James Cameron and his Avatar franchise have returned to the big screen. After its monumental achievements in 2009 that included becoming the highest grossing film of all-time and a Best Picture Oscar nomination,…
Read More »The Northman Balances Dense Story and Gory Action in an Exciting, Visually Impressive Action Flick
Robert Eggers has been on a critically acclaimed run the past few years with films like The Witch and The Lighthouse, art house indies with dense stories featuring notable performances from great actors. While critical darlings, these films…
Read More »Everything Everywhere All At Once is the Creative Cinema Audiences Didn’t Know They’ve Craved
Everything Everywhere All at Once transports its audience and laundromat co-owner Evelyn Wong (Michelle Yeoh) through an interdimensional rupture that unravels reality. Evelyn soon finds herself face to face with an alternate version of her husband Waymond (Ke…
Read More »Dune Entertains in the Present While Simultaneously Setting Up a Glorious Future
Dune is a legendary science fiction novel that is almost equally legendary in cinematic circles for being nearly impossible to adapt for the big screen. There have been attempts of varying levels of misstep from legends of the…
Read More »A Quiet Place Part II is More than Just a Sequel Cash-In, Proves Krasinski is No Fluke Director
A Quiet Place was a refreshing surprise hit in the Spring of 2018 directed by actor John Krasinski that featured an interesting sci-fi concept mixed with a heartwrenching story, impressive behind the camera work from Krasinski, and a…
Read More »Army of the Dead Sets Up an Interesting Future at the Expense of Its Present
Perhaps the most controversial director alive, Zack Snyder enters a new chapter in his professional life away from his lifelong studio of Warner Bros. and into streaming pioneer Netflix. He begins his new chapter by returning to cinematic…
Read More »In Mortal Kombat, the Spirit of the B Movie Lives On
What is the purpose of filmmaking, of going to a dark room miles away from our homes and sitting with strangers staring at a big screen for hours on end? For some, cinema’s raison d’être is to inform…
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The Creator Delivers on Spectacle, VFX Even If Its Themes Seem Familiar
Director Gareth Edwards makes his return to multiplexes this week with his sci-fi adventure film The Creator. The year is 2065 and the world is in the midst of war as the West is engaged in conflict with…
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