Pokemon Detective Pikachu
"You feel it in your jellies, don’t you?" Pikachu (Ryan Reynolds) This is a batsh*t movie. And not in a good way. When a film uses a phrase like "the Ancient Mew", and doesn't bother explaining it, you suspect the experience is not aimed at you. I felt like how a granddad must when watching BATMAN V SUPERMAN (maybe not just the retired when it comes to the theatrical cut?). I kept asking myself during DETECTIVE PIKACHU: Why is any of this happening? [To read more, click here.] |
Woman at War
“What I have done, I believe with all my heart is right,” Halla (Halldóra Geirharðsdóttir) More action-thrillers with 49-year old female protagonists please. Halle is savvy about the tactics of the state. If Jason Bourne were a choir mistress/environmental activist taking on Icelandic heavy industry, that's what the character would look like. This is wry, wry as f*ck. WOMAN AT WAR is both funny and furious, as well as being utterly gripping. [To read more, click here.] |