Tag Archives: Alexander Skarsgard

Review in Brief: Hold the Dark (2018)

Posted on November 22, 2018 by Sam Sewell-Peterson

Blue, green, dark? Dark isn’t a colour Jeremy Saulnier! HOLD THE DARK is relentlessly miserable and pointlessly vague. I get that Saulnier doesn’t seem to have much faith in humanity, that he is depicting real monsters whose actions could never … Continue reading →

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Review in Brief: Mute (2018)

Posted on March 8, 2018 by Sam Sewell-Peterson

I’m so pleased Duncan Jones got this one out of his system. It’s just a shame MUTE doesn’t feel fresher or more complete. Speechless protagonist Leo (Alexander Skarsgard, cast for his big sad eyes) is Amish . Except for when … Continue reading →

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Review in Brief: War on Everyone (2016)

Posted on February 7, 2017 by Sam Sewell-Peterson

What a fall from grace WAR ON EVERYONE represents for John Michael McDonagh. Michael Peña and Alexander Skarsgård are both fine, but the characters they play manage to be unappealing and uninteresting at the same time. They’re up against a … Continue reading →

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Review: The Legend of Tarzan (2016)

Posted on December 4, 2016 by Sam Sewell-Peterson

If there’s a film I never expected THE LEGEND OF TARZAN to remind me of, it was THE LONE RANGER. Both films are beautiful looking genre pieces with entertaining set pieces and shudder-inducing cultural insensitivity. Johnny Depp should never have … Continue reading →

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