Director: Jordan Peele
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6857112
Review: A little messy with its pacing but carries enough ideas, imagery and straight fear for several films.
Watch it if: You enjoy a horror film that can unsettle with it's very texture.
And if you liked: The Strangers, Get Out, Candyman
Tuesday, March 26
Saturday, March 23
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift
Director: Justin Lin
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0463985
Review: Engages quickly through knowing melodrama carried and balanced through well grounded action.
Watch it if: You're ok with something using a fairly dry lead to explore a larger world.
And if you liked: The Fast and the Furious, Speed Racer, Riverdale
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0463985
Review: Engages quickly through knowing melodrama carried and balanced through well grounded action.
Watch it if: You're ok with something using a fairly dry lead to explore a larger world.
And if you liked: The Fast and the Furious, Speed Racer, Riverdale
Tuesday, March 19
Velvet Buzzsaw
Director: Dan Gilroy
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7043012
Review: Messy and unfocused with a decent setting but no real sense of how to approach its story without clear derivation.
Watch it if: You want to see something that respects a genre but doesn't understand how to do it.
And if you liked: Phantasm, The Final Destination, Murder Party
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7043012
Review: Messy and unfocused with a decent setting but no real sense of how to approach its story without clear derivation.
Watch it if: You want to see something that respects a genre but doesn't understand how to do it.
And if you liked: Phantasm, The Final Destination, Murder Party
Wednesday, March 13
2 Fast 2 Furious
Director: John Singleton
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0322259
Review: Not as successful a story as the first but funnier and sillier enough to carry it through.
Watch it if: You want something that knows exactly what it is.
And if you liked: Point Break, The Fast and the Furious
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0322259
Review: Not as successful a story as the first but funnier and sillier enough to carry it through.
Watch it if: You want something that knows exactly what it is.
And if you liked: Point Break, The Fast and the Furious
The Fast and the Furious
Director: Rob Cohen
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0232500
Review: Bonkers and dated in just the right ways with a decently put together story and a strong central action sequence.
Watch it if: You want something that's a clear cross-section of the time it was made.
And if you liked: Point Break, Gone in 60 Seconds (2000)
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0232500
Review: Bonkers and dated in just the right ways with a decently put together story and a strong central action sequence.
Watch it if: You want something that's a clear cross-section of the time it was made.
And if you liked: Point Break, Gone in 60 Seconds (2000)
Monday, March 11
Captain Marvel
Director: Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4154664
Review: Falls into some frustrating clichés early on but manages to otherwise handle a solid story with great ideas and strong spectacle.
Watch it if: You want something dazzling with a reasonable depth of character.
And if you liked: Men in Black, Star Wars, Star Trek
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4154664
Review: Falls into some frustrating clichés early on but manages to otherwise handle a solid story with great ideas and strong spectacle.
Watch it if: You want something dazzling with a reasonable depth of character.
And if you liked: Men in Black, Star Wars, Star Trek
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