english language films
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House of Ashes: The Kotaku Review
House of Ashes wants you to know that it’s a video game so bad that it sometimes undermines its own cinematic power with gameplay that feels obligatory rather than supportive of its storytelling. Yet it also wants the prestige associated with blockbuster American films with weighty themes, and gets itself into messy thematic territory as…
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Ghostbusters: Afterlife Is Great Until It’s Derailed By Gratuitous Fan Service
Ghostbusters: Afterlife is a film at war with itself, unsure of exactly what it wants to be. On the one hand, it’s a heartwarming tale of a family in need, forced out of their home, hoping to get a fresh start in life. On the other, it’s a sequel to two of the most beloved…
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No Time To Die Is The Most Emotional James Bond Film Ever
No Time to Die, the 25th James Bond movie, almost feels like 25 movies in one. So much happens in its complex story — filled with so many sprawling, varied set pieces — that by the time you get to the end, the events of the beginning feel like they happened 18 months ago.
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The Fellowship Of The Rings’ Introduction To The Shire Is Perfect
Today (by Shire-reckoning, international timezones or otherwise), marks the twin birthdays of two of the finest halflings in all of fantasy fiction: Bilbo and Frodo Baggins, ringbearers, heroes of Middle-earth, and lovers of food, ale, pipeweed, and books. But while their journeys there and back again are much beloved, one of their greatest highs together…