Attended the NYC premiere of The Gentlemen at Alamo Drafthouse Cinema in Downtown Brooklyn tonight, followed by a live Q&A with writer/director Guy Ritchie and select members of the cast - Matthew McConaughey, Michelle Dockery, Charlie Hunnam, Hugh Grant, and Henry Golding (pictured).
(Yes, I was devastated that Jeremy Strong didn’t make an appearance.)
It was a fun experience, and I am glad Letterboxd partnered up with STX to offer its members an invitation. I do wish I was more…
Let’s rewind to October 4th, 2019
I’m a recent college graduate working my first full-time job in New York City. Of course, when you work in a major city, you get opportunities to attend all sorts of events. It happened to be the week of New York Comic-Con, and I figured since I’ve never been to any convention before, I’ll try to sign up and get tickets. Well, I didn’t know you had to sign up months in advance, but…
January 1st, 2022, will forever be known as the day that A. A. Milne's Winnie-the-Pooh became public domain, thus changing the course of cinema as we know it.
With an approximate production budget of $100K, writer-director-and-producer Rhys Frake-Waterfield saw a window of opportunity to market a beloved, well-known property into a schlocky slasher-horror.
And banking on word-of-mouth of this ridiculous concept was a successful strategy, as it had the Internet buzzing, enough for Fathom Events to distribute this in various…
Even knowing next-to-nothing about the Boston Strangler, I had no interest in the real-life case presented; there was a lack of intrigue and suspense needed beyond a basic investigative journalism narrative at its forefront. The dull and dreary cinematography did not do it any favors, either.
Did I watch G.I. Jane solely because Chris Rock referred to it in his joke about Jada Pinkett Smith's alopecia condition, resulting in Will Smith walking on stage and slapping him in the face during last night's live broadcast of the Oscar's?
Yes.
While Ridley Scott intended to display the brutalities and intensities of preparation for war, that alone isn't enough to carry a film when the character work is lackluster, let alone with a two-hour runtime. Mix in political,…
If you're a fan of its two predecessors, chances are you will find enjoyment in Fear Street Part Three: 1666, but for me, it's more of the same, a bunch of mediocrity.
As the title suggests, around a little over half the runtime is spent in the year 1666, and to put it bluntly, it was rather dull. But to be fair, it's very challenging to make period horrors engaging.
I get it's a vision, of sorts, but it was…
