Showing posts with label Florence Pugh. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Florence Pugh. Show all posts
Friday, November 11, 2022
'Don't Worry Darling' (2022) Movie Review
So…I like Don’t Worry Darling, Olivia Wilde’s much-discussed tabloid-fodder sophomore feature, well enough. At its best, this modern iteration of a Stepford Wives-style dystopia is creepy and unsettling in an uncanny valley kind of way, even if it is a bit up its own ass and so, so assured of its own importance.
Tuesday, July 6, 2021
'Black Widow' (2021) Movie Review
Ever wonder what Marvel Cinematic Universe staple Black Widow, aka Natasha Romanoff (Scarlett Johansson), was up to betwixt the Wars Civil and Infinity? (And, you know, before the fate that ultimately befalls her in Avengers: Endgame?) As it turns out, she went on a wacky family vacation. Sort of. Sort of as in sort of wacky and sort of as in sort of family. Such is the tale told by her long-awaited first solo venture, Black Widow.
Monday, December 23, 2019
'Little Women' (2019) Movie Review
Admittedly, when I heard Greta Gerwig was making yet another adaptation of Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women, I wasn’t particularly enthused. I’m a fan of Gerwig, as an actor, writer, and now director—Lady Bird was one of my favorite movies of 2017. But come on, this novel had already been adapted roughly one million times. (And for those of us of a certain age, Gillian Armstrong’s 1994 version is pretty definitive.) Why couldn’t she focus on telling original stories and new ideas and all that? Yeah, I was wrong, this is delightful.
Tuesday, June 25, 2019
'Midsommar' (2019) Movie Review
When the lights went down, I certainly didn’t expect to describe Hereditary director Ari Aster’s Swedish pagan cult horror Midsommar as either “silly” or “a hoot,” but if the glass slipper fits… This is heightened ‘70s exploitation that builds to a bug-nuts crazy climax that had me rolling and clapping. Think hallucinatory Douglas Sirk nightmare by way of Jodorowsky-style surrealist fairytale, all punctuated with bursts of gore and terror.
Tuesday, May 14, 2019
'Midsommar' Trailer: What Could Possibly Go Wrong In Such A Brightly Lit Horror Movie?
Well, Ari Aster’s Midsommar continues to be one of my most-anticipated movies of 2018. This new trailer doesn’t change much on that front, but it goes get me pretty damn hyped, so there’s that. Check it out below, along with a new poster for the Hereditary helmer’s sophomore feature.
Tuesday, March 5, 2019
'Midsommar' Trailer: 'Hereditary' Director Returns With A Creepy New Folk Horror Movie
For first time feature writer/director, Ari Aster knocked one out of the proverbial park last year with Hereditary. It’s not only one of my favorite movies of 2018, it’s also one of the best horror movies in recent memory. So, you’re damn right his next movie is high up on my must-see list. And lucky for everyone, his follow up, Midsommar, opens this summer. Check out the spooky first trailer below.
Monday, October 8, 2018
Watch The Trailer For Park Chan-Wook's 'The Little Drummer Girl' Series
Anytime Park Chan-wook does anything, I’m there. The same generally goes for any John le Carré adaptation. But the Oldboy director adapting the master spy novelist is too good a proposition to ignore. I’ve been eagerly waiting for Park’s version of the espionage thriller The Little Drummer Girl, and this new trailer has what I’m looking for.
Friday, November 3, 2017
Park Chan-Wook Will Adapt John Le Carre's 'The Little Drummer Girl'
It makes such an insane amount of sense, yet somehow I never
thought about it until right this very moment, but Park Chan-wook adapting a
John le Carre novel sounds like a perfect meeting of the minds. And just to be
clear, that’s what’s happening. The South Korean hit machine signed on to adapt
The Little Drummer Girl in a six-part adaptation. If six
hours of Park Chan-wook doing John le Carre doesn’t sound like the best way to
spend six hours, we probably wouldn’t be friends in real life.
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