Invoking elements of great crime films (that also showcase young men getting over their head in illegal dealings), War Dogs is a solid if hyperbolic film that asks the question, “How does this shit keep happening?”
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Invoking elements of great crime films (that also showcase young men getting over their head in illegal dealings), War Dogs is a solid if hyperbolic film that asks the question, “How does this shit keep happening?”
I am probably missing out on a lot of information by not having read the book, but I can firmly say that that novel is much more interesting and informational than this film. Skloot recognizes the issues surrounding medical discovery wherein black subjects and innovators aren’t given the credit they deserve.
Xenophobia is one of the most powerful and least productive biases in the modern world. Though it has no place in our society, and has been known to be destructive via strong inalienable hate, it is a common vice among many Americans and Europeans alike.
Much like Saulnier, Blair seems to have found his voice among the derelict and poverty stricken blue collar element of the criminals in our very own backyards.
Even tried and true nerds do not want to go into a movie called, “Office Christmas Party,” with the intention of hearing about coding or the condition of Dell’s servers.
Kevin Smith seems to be in a weird place right now. Though I would like to use the bulk of this review to chastise him, in equal strides I would like to ask if he is okay. Are you okay, Kevin Smith?
Love against all odds is the most horrifying, and often heart wrenching, of genre conventions. To know as a society that this not only happened to the Lovings, but generations upon generations of mixed families, is absolutely grotesque.
The inspiration behind bands such as Depeche Mode, Duran Duran, and The Cure are explained, unpacked, and rehashed by the Sing Street band in a truly inspiring ode to Carney’s teenaged generation.
Dealing with intense emotions and repressed memories lent to Quick’s confessions to various murders that were previously unsolved. The victims varied, the crimes stretched between Sweden, Finland, Denmark, and Norway, and the ways in which Quick killed were varied.
At the beginning this is actually a pretty enjoyable film, what with the main roles being filled by up and comer John Magaro, the odiously villainous Christopher McDonald, and one of my favorite character actresses, Dreama Walker.
There are five writers on this film (including “George Lucas in Love” director Joe Nussbaum) and honestly it feels like it. There is so much testosterone in this film that there isn’t much room for dealing with actual emotions, or the complexities of being a teenager in a man’s body
Though some of these excursions seem to undercut the fact that this is a film about volcanoes, this film never bores its audience. Between the panoramic shots of tropical foliage and the drone sequences that pan across villages and volcanoes alike, this is a feast for the eyes.
He fought against his superiors and a court martial in order to serve without a weapon and went on to save between 50-100 lives during a particularly terrible siege of Hacksaw Ridge. The actual end of Doss’ story is much more spectacular, as Doss was eventually shot multiple times and yet gave up his stretcher to a more injured Marine.
Solondz films don’t show winners. They show people who deserve far worse than they’re getting, or people who are so devastatingly wrong in every aspect of their lives that it’s embarrassing to watch them just live them.
Playing opposite her is the equally talented Sam Rockwell, who is undercutting his trademark majesty with a role as a burbling, manic depressive hit man; who works under a moral code to only kill those who have hired him to kill. Somewhat out of the blue he decides that he fancies Kendrick, and she him, and they wander around New Orleans becoming best buddies.
Using a celebratory holiday as the background for your horror film isn’t a new technique. The most popular slasher film of all time is “Halloween,” complete with trick or treaters and the teenaged screams of Jamie Lee Curtis.
Though there are a couple of chuckles to be had at the witty banter, there's nothing truly incisive about the commentary of this film. The world of mascoting might be small, like the dog show circuit, but it's not one that truly lends to a lot of social discourse, or any true characterizations of small town America, which is Guest's bread and butter.
The reason I am being so harsh isn't just because this film isn't "Gone Girl," but because it veers away from the book in all the wrong ways. It changes Rachel from a complete mess of a human being into a slightly flawed neurotic
Amanda Knox comes off as a very likable and intelligent person. Many of the interviews she gives to the filmmakers show a likable, if eccentric, young woman who didn't know how to act when she came home to find her roommate, Meredith Kercher, viciously murdered.
