I can honestly say that I have never been so emotionally affected by a CG animated character like I was by the apes in this film. This is surely the pinnacle of this kind of motion capture technology. I might even want to start a campaign to get Andy Serkis, who plays Caesar in this,…
I suppose that if you’re a regular reader of our site here at Comedy Film Nerds, you are fully aware, almost ad nauseam, of our opinion of Michael Bay and the atrocities he likes to call “films”. And honestly, this new sequel/reboot called Transformers: Age of Extinction is probably the most Michael Bay styled…
I had heard bout this film months ago and then it got delayed. That can be a really bad sign for a film, depending on the reason. From what I’ve read, the reason here had nothing to do with the quality of the film, but the comapny releasing it. Supposedly Harvey Weinstein wanted to cut…
I dig these little indie films in the summer. They are bright spot of film-making in the sea of Hollywood’s, in-your-face block-buster season. It’s good to not always be smashed in the face with explosions, or 80 % CGI something or other for a change. Good to have other options, that’s all I’m saying. And…
Edge of Tomorrow is probably the film that will finally help people forget how crazy Tom Cruise is and get them to go see his movies again. Ironically, (or not) Tom Cruise isn’t really the main reason why this movie is so good. We can thank the source material, a manga called “All You Need…
Not only is the role of Murray in Fading Gigolo Woody Allen’s best role – and performance – in decades, the film’s initial scenes crackle with the economy, wit, and simplicity of Allen’s lightest soufflés. Unfortunately, writer and director John Turturro intends a deeper tale than these initial bites of joy suggest, and, stretching the metaphor, the main course has none of the bite of the hors d’oeuvres.
In short, this Bond is awesome. AMAZINGLY, it reboots the franchise, not by erasing what came before but by digging deeper into the past: James Bond’s past, M’s past, MI6’s past, our collective past when we fought a cold war with spies in tuxedoes, and a film making past when films told a story with actors and not with jump cuts full of digital effects. It is so fitting that Adele sings the theme song (The best since Shirley Bassey) since her retro-modern sound is exactly the tone that Skyfall and all future Bond films can take from here on in.
