Zeitgeist is always important to a movie producer, so it’s unsurprising to see The East come out timed like this – a film about a pressure group using the internet to coordinate and take direct action against the corporations draining the world’s lifeblood for their own sakes. Brit Marling, a rising hot property in independent … Continue reading The East
It can be refreshing to watch a film that commits to its premise as thoroughly as new release This is the End – no snarky twist or waking up from a dream at the end, just a following through of the twin questions – what if all us famous actors played caricatures of ourselves, and … Continue reading This Is The End
At one point, World War Z looked set to join the pantheon of great Hollywood failures, with a budget of anywhere between $200 million and $400 million wasted on an overlong and trite mess. After dedicated reshoots and editing, however, Marc Forster’s film has instead emerged as a predictable, but nonetheless effective and tense action-thriller. … Continue reading World War Z
