Photo courtesy of Dick Thomas Johnson, wiki. Trigger Warning: The following article contains mentions of rape. If somebody told me a few years ago that Matt Damon and Ben Affleck would join forces to write a movie together again, I would never guess that the result of that screenwriting […]
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Justice League comes together for a disappointing film
Photo courtesy of Gage Skidmore, Wikipedia The “Justice League” film is the latest installment in the DC franchise and without a doubt their biggest movie to date. However, biggest doesn’t necessarily mean best. “Justice League” had a great cast of characters, but was a little lacking when it came to […]
“The Accountant” Cooks Books and Settles Scores
Photo courtesy of Gage Skidmore, Wikipedia Director Gavin O’Connor’s latest film, “The Accountant,” feels like an adaptation, despite its original screenplay written by Bill Dubuque; the thriller’s characters, plot and dialog all seem ripped from the pages of a book written by Robert Ludlum, Lee Child or any other popular […]
Snyder’s Directorial Powers Unable to Rescue Catastrophic Clash
Photo by Gage Skidmore, Flickr Creative Commons After three years of colossal hype, Zack Snyder’s “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice” has finally arrived in theaters – but with an overstuffed script and a disastrous third act, “BvS” is far from great. However, its willingness to tackle mature themes of […]
Fincher’s Meticulous Directing and Style Give Adaptation Life
David Fincher is what’s known in the film business as an auteur: a director so precise and predominant in the filmmaking process that he exercises complete control over almost every element that goes in the movie. He’s notorious for doing excessive amounts of takes for a single scene so that […]