WARNING: Light spoilers ahead BRIAN RUSSELL: Hey there Sam! Certainly you know this, and most regular readers of the blog will also be aware, I am a comic book fan from way back, and waited my entire life for the modern age of digital effects to make the superhero’s of my childhood look so realistic… Continue reading Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse goes where no superhero film has gone before
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Princess Mononoke on the Big Screen
I go to the movies for many reasons. Here is one of them. I want to see wondrous sights not available in the real world, in stories where myth and dreams are set free to play. Animation opens that possibility, because it is freed from gravity and the chains of the possible. Realistic films show… Continue reading Princess Mononoke on the Big Screen
A Quiet Place is Very Loud & Scary
I’m not a horror guy. And not much of a thriller guy either. I cringe at the absurdity of poorly executed films of this sort, and dislike the unease created in good ones. Even worse, when done well, the horror/thriller genre makes me edgy, jittery and uncomfortable. I know this is by design, but I… Continue reading A Quiet Place is Very Loud & Scary
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