Arthur Penn
Robin Wood, Richard Lippe and Barry Keith Grant
Book
Arthur Penn - director of The Miracle Worker , Bonnie and Clyde , Alice's Restaurant and Little Big...
Awix (3310 KP) rated Bloodshot (2020) in Movies
Mar 16, 2020
Whatever his other limitations as a performer, Diesel is fairly well-cast as a relentless human bulldozer of revenge, and the film does have (in theory) a decent plot twist, some interesting ideas (bordering on the existential), and reasonably well-mounted action sequences. With a bigger budget and a more inspired director this could have been an impressively thoughtful piece of SF action, but it feels clunky, not interested in exploring the things that make it distinctive, and there are lots of annoying missteps and short-cuts (a foot chase supposedly around London is clearly really taking place in suburban South Africa). Passes the time in a reasonably diverting way, though.
While Suicide Squad had left me feeling rather lukewarm, there were enough good points in it so that I hadn't left the cinema feeling like I'd completely wasted my money. Birds Of Prey on the other hand... My God!
It seemed more akin to a comic book version of Thelma And Louise (with a couple more tag alongs thrown in to try and simulate the girl power vibe) than anything vaguely resembling how Harley had been portrayed in Suicide Squad- or in the graphic novels for that matter.
It truly is a shame as I think Margot Robbie is quite good an actress, but I think when she'd been handed this script by her agent she should have just chucked it in the bin without a second thought.
Lygia Pape: A Multitude of Forms
Iria Candela, Glória Ferreira , Sérgio B. Martins and John Rajchman
Book
An exceptional overview of the experimental, political, and participatory artwork of an important,...
art biography
Fanboy Radio
Podcast
Fanboy Radio (FbR) is a radio talk show about the comic book industry, its art, creators, and fans....
Greenwashing Culture
Book
Greenwashing Culture examines culture's complicity with our environmental crisis. It reveals both...
Young Money: Inside the Hidden World of Wall Street's Post-Crash Recruits
Book
'If Martin Scorsese's film The Wolf of Wall Street is about the finance industry's greediest adults,...
The Book of Luce
Book
Anyone who enjoyed David Mitchell's Cloud Atlas or was gripped by the film Inception will love this...
TheMystery.Doc
Book
Rooted in the western United States in the decade post-9/11, theMystery.doc follows a young writer...
LeftSideCut (3776 KP) rated Batman: Return of the Caped Crusaders (2016) in Movies
Jul 13, 2019
This recent animated film takes everything from that original show, and runs with it with unrelenting pride...and it's pretty damn entertaining.
Just the fact that Adam West, Burt Ward, and Julie Newmar all returned for this animated adventure is absolutely fantastic, and it really plays out well.
The absolute absurdity of the 60s show lends itself well to cartoon form.
The movie is filled with silly one liners, ridiculous Bat-Gadgets, and enough charm to make even the most serious Batman fans step back and enjoy.
The only reason I didn't score this higher is purely because some of the more recent DC animated movies such as The Dark Knight Returns are genuinely fantastic, whereas a lot of this movies qualities rely on the viewer understanding and respecting the silliness of the source material. I for one am happy that this exists.
The credit sequence involves a dance off between Batman and Catwoman. Do you really need another reason to check it out!?