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Review in Brief: The Cloverfield Paradox (2018)
THE CLOVERFIELD PARADOX is bad, but not bad enough to be interesting. It’s weird, but not weird enough to be memorable. A few neat visuals and tech demonstrations aside, it mostly amounts to 100 minutes of bad exposition, unanswered questions … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Film Review
Tagged 10 Cloverfield Lane, Cloverfield, Sci-fi, The Cloverfield Paradox
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Top 4: Cinematic Experiences
One of the most common questions fired at a film buff is “what’s your favourite movie?” For most worshipers at the alter of digital and celluloid projection, it’s a near-impossible question to answer. Far easier to contemplate is top cinematic … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Film Feature
Tagged 3D, 70mm, Alfonso Cuarón, Avatar, Back to the Future Part II, Christopher Nolan, Cloverfield, Film, Gravity, IMAX, Movies, The Dark Knight, The Right Stuff, Universal, Warner Brothers
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Review: 10 Cloverfield Lane (2016)
Who’d have thought one of the best films released in 2016 was a (sort of) sequel to CLOVERFIELD? Much like this year’s BLAIR WITCH this one has come to us by stealth, not revealing what it is until the very … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Film Review
Tagged 10 Cloverfield Lane, Blair Witch, Breaking Bad, Cloverfield, Dan Trachtenberg, Film, Horror, Hush, John Gallagher Jr, John Goodman, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Movies, Thriller
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Review: Godzilla (2014)
60 years ago, film studio Toho burst onto the international stage with GODZILLA, an astonishing fantasy analogy for the Japanese nightmares of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. In 2014, a new version of the tale has emerged from MONSTERS director Gareth Edwards. … Continue reading
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Tagged Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Alexandre Desplat, Blockbuster, Bryan Cranston, Carson Bolde, Cloverfield, Elizabeth Olsen, Film, Gareth Edwards, Godzilla, Guillermo del Toro, Ishiro Honda, Juliette Binoche, Jurassic Park, Ken Watanabe, Monster Movie, Monsters, Movies, Pacific Rim, Roland Emmerich, Sally Hawkins, Starship Troopers, Steven Spielberg, Toho, Warner Brothers
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Review Embargoes: A Catch-22 for All Involved
To embargo or not to embargo? That is the question. Whether gagging journalists’ criticisms pre-release or simply not showing anyone your product before the big day, it’s a major concern for film studios and their flagship blockbuster products, not to … Continue reading →