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LIFE ITSELF REVIEWED “Life Itself” is what happens when too many people watch This Is Us and a studio wants to bring the same crass sentimentality to the big screen. What works as a serialized drama is forced to compress and over-saturate in two hours at the cinema. The...
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ANNIHILATION 4K REVIEWED “Annihilation 4K” is the most stunning home theater presentation for one of the most ambitious films of 2018. But, like most Garland films…it won’t be truly over praised until home video where social media geeks will fall over themselves to appoint the next savior of smart...
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THE LAST JEDI REVIEWED “The Last Jedi” continues to spawn Internet discussion, while the rest of America moved onto a better than expected Jumanji sequel and Black Panther. What is it about the middle film of Star Wars trilogies getting so many feathers ruffled? I admit that I still...
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SUBURBICON REVIEWED “Suburbicon” was written in 1986. That’s a creative detail that so many people miss out on when trying to frame this film. A period piece that looks into the dark humor of 1959 Americana plays differently between 1986 and 2018. The original plan was for this film...
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AndersonVision Best Films of 2017: #11 – THE LAST JEDI (Lucasfilm / Disney) THE LAST JEDI REVIEWED “The Last Jedi” does for fan service what 2016 did for Western Democracy. While Rogue One might be the first example of cinematic DLC, The Last Jedi marks why and why not...
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THE PROMISE REVIEWED “The Promise” is a period piece romance set during the Armenian genocide. If that is how you want to spend an April afternoon, then read on. The film’s producer spend decades trying to get a stylized Casablanca romance set during the Armenian genocide. Given that the...
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Empires fall, love survives. When Michael (Oscar Isaac), a brilliant medical student, meets Ana (Charlotte Le Bon), their shared Armenian heritage sparks an attraction that explodes into a romantic rivalry between Michael and Ana’s boyfriend Chris (Christian Bale), a famous American photojournalist dedicated to exposing political truth. As the...
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Empires fall, love survives. When Michael (Oscar Isaac), a brilliant medical student, meets Ana (Charlotte Le Bon), their shared Armenian heritage sparks an attraction that explodes into a romantic rivalry between Michael and Ana’s boyfriend Chris (Christian Bale), a famous American photojournalist dedicated to exposing political truth. As the...
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X-MEN APOCALYPSE REVIEWED “X-Men: Apocalypse” proves that Bryan Singer cares about continuity about as much as any Silver Age comic book creator. Well, the early ones. After Roy Thomas started, all of the nerd writers took over. Jumping forward a decade after the end of “Days of Future Past”,...
LIFE ITSELF REVIEWED “Life Itself” is what happens when too many people watch This Is Us and a studio wants to bring the same crass sentimentality to the big screen. What works as a serialized drama is forced to compress and over-saturate in two hours at the cinema. The...
ANNIHILATION 4K REVIEWED “Annihilation 4K” is the most stunning home theater presentation for one of the most ambitious films of 2018. But, like most Garland films…it won’t be truly over praised until home video where social media geeks will fall over themselves to appoint the next savior of smart...
THE LAST JEDI REVIEWED “The Last Jedi” continues to spawn Internet discussion, while the rest of America moved onto a better than expected Jumanji sequel and Black Panther. What is it about the middle film of Star Wars trilogies getting so many feathers ruffled? I admit that I still...
SUBURBICON REVIEWED “Suburbicon” was written in 1986. That’s a creative detail that so many people miss out on when trying to frame this film. A period piece that looks into the dark humor of 1959 Americana plays differently between 1986 and 2018. The original plan was for this film...
AndersonVision Best Films of 2017: #11 – THE LAST JEDI (Lucasfilm / Disney) THE LAST JEDI REVIEWED “The Last Jedi” does for fan service what 2016 did for Western Democracy. While Rogue One might be the first example of cinematic DLC, The Last Jedi marks why and why not...
THE PROMISE REVIEWED “The Promise” is a period piece romance set during the Armenian genocide. If that is how you want to spend an April afternoon, then read on. The film’s producer spend decades trying to get a stylized Casablanca romance set during the Armenian genocide. Given that the...
Empires fall, love survives. When Michael (Oscar Isaac), a brilliant medical student, meets Ana (Charlotte Le Bon), their shared Armenian heritage sparks an attraction that explodes into a romantic rivalry between Michael and Ana’s boyfriend Chris (Christian Bale), a famous American photojournalist dedicated to exposing political truth. As the...
X-MEN APOCALYPSE REVIEWED “X-Men: Apocalypse” proves that Bryan Singer cares about continuity about as much as any Silver Age comic book creator. Well, the early ones. After Roy Thomas started, all of the nerd writers took over. Jumping forward a decade after the end of “Days of Future Past”,...