Out to own today:
The Hunger Games: Mockingly Part 2
 | “I’ve been watching you, and you watching me,” President Snow (Donald Sutherland) For fans of the novels, rest easy, the bold and bleak conclusion is retained. There is no RETURN OF THE JEDI euphoria. Blockbusters constantly strive for catharsis, but usually fail to deliver thanks to a lack of stakes and any real danger to the players. Cuddling the audience as the credits roll is not on the agenda for MOCKINGJAY PART 2 (look instead to your cinema chums to rock you gently, comforting the slightly hollowed out feeling). [To read more, click here.] |
The Good Dinosaur
 | “If you aren’t scared of a crocodile biting you on the face, you aren’t alive,” Butch (Sam Elliott) Pixar making a dinosaur Western might have been a spectacular idea had the filmmakers gone down the route of HEAVEN’S GATE: An animated revisionist epic tackling heavy themes. The creative powerhouse was already up against a cartoon Wild West gem in RANGO. For the first time, Pixar has delivered two films in a single year. Coming off one of their best, INSIDE OUT, unfortunately quality control has not reigned; THE GOOD DINOSAUR rivals CARS 2 and BRAVE as one of their nadirs. Storytelling here ranges from the tired to the bizarre. It is unclear why this project was not put out of its misery a lot earlier in its gestation period; a not unprecedented move, e.g. NEWT was axed. [To read more, click here.] |
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