Movie Review: Kalki 2898 AD
New genres means new opportunities. I’ve watched some of the bigger Tollywood/Bollywood releases over the last few years, and none of them have been set …
War
Movie Review: The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare
Anytime the UK decides to declassify military files, I hope they just hand them right to Guy Ritchie. The master of manly charming British men …
Movie Review: Civil War
Much like the America in Alex Garland’s Civil War, I am a house divided on this one. The best of this movie is some of …
Movie Review: 20 Days in Mariupol
The date is December 12, 2023, and it’s really, really bad. That’s how I would have described the documentary slate of 2023, a bunch of …
Movie Review: Sisu
Let Sisu be a forever lesson for all the screenwriters out there. If you’re ever struggling with choosing a villain for your film. Just pick …
Movie Review: Devotion
Hollywood only likes making American war movies about “the good wars.” You know, the ones where Americans are the heroes and the victors against great …
Movie Review: All Quiet on the Western Front
I understand the hesitancy. All Quiet on the Western Front was THE definitive book on World War I written in 1929, then a year later …
Movie Review: Mulan (2020)
Live action Disney movies have been mostly mediocre cash grabs. The last great one was Pete’s Dragon in 2016, and that’s in part because that …
Covid Classics: War!!! What is it good for? Moviemaking!!!!
War. Boys with toys. The built in epic scope and stakes make wartime moviemaking extremely compelling for sure. There’s no shortage of great war time …
Movie Review: 1917
Other than Peter Jackson’s efforts, there hasn’t been a lot of great recent movies about World War I. Well Sam Mendes and Roger Deakins changed …