THE 4K UHD DISC Any modern transfer of Ghost in the Shell is going to present a challenge. The very circumstances of the film's making--all of the elements were digitized and assembled in computers before being written out to 35mm celluloid on a film recorder at whatever level of quality was possible in the mid-1990s--limit the clarity of the …The Film Freak Central Blog (2005-2012) Loose Frames (tumblr.) Best Picture (Academy Awards) March 31, 2022. Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022) ****/**** starring Michelle Yeoh, Stephanie Hsu, Ke Huy Quan, Jamie Lee Curtis written and directed by Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert.starring Tom Holland, Zendaya, Benedict Cumberbatch, Marisa Tomei. written by Chris McKenna & Erik Sommers. directed by Jon Watts. by Walter Chaw SPOILER WARNING IN EFFECT. Peter Parker (Tom Holland), having just been outed to the world as Spider-Man by a dying Mysterio (Jake Gyllenhaal), finds himself besieged …Originally published: December 24, 2012. THE BLU-RAY DISC. by Bill Chambers Distributed by eOne in Canada and Anchor Bay stateside, the Blu-ray release of Django Unchained presents the film in a 2.40:1, 1080p transfer best described as high-fidelity. Shot in 35mm Panavision (nice to see Quentin Tarantino and DP Robert …THE 4K UHD DISC Warner Home Video reloads Full Metal Jacket for one more home-video go-round in a crisp and mostly definitive UHD BD edition (it comes packed with a bonus Blu-ray Disc and a code for a digital download) that renders the movie more pristinely than any release print from 1987. Like previous BD transfers, the picture here is …Jul 1, 2013 · The Lone Ranger (2013) ***/****. starring Johnny Depp, Armie Hammer, Tom Wilkinson, Helena Bonham Carter. screenplay by Justin Haythe and Ted Elliott & Terry Rossio. directed by Gore Verbinski. by Walter Chaw What Gore Verbinski's The Lone Ranger has going for it, in addition to a genuinely ugly streak of nihilism and a surprisingly high body ... Life (2017) - Blu-ray + Digital. **½/**** Image A- Sound A Extras C+. starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Rebecca Ferguson, Ryan Reynolds, Hiroyuki Sanada. written by Rhett Reese & Paul Wernick. directed by Daniel Espinosa. by Bryant Frazer If you're going to steal, they say, steal from the best. It almost works out for Life, which borrows the ...Please Support Film Freak Central. PATREON: Become a Patron! PAYPAL: E-Mail Us. Recent Posts. The Adventures of Renny Harlin: FFC Interviews Renny Harlin; The Bricklayer (2024) + The Beekeeper (2024) The Holdovers (2023) [Collector's Edition] - Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Code "The 50 Best Films of 2023" by Walter Chaw ...starring Melissa Berrera, Mason Gooding, Jenna Ortega, Neve Campbell. written by James Vanderbilt & Guy Busick. directed by Matt Bettinelli-Olpin & Tyler Gillett. by Walter Chaw Kevin Williamson and Wes Craven's Scream cycle, in terms of its influence on modern film, constitutes the most important metatext of the last 25 years in that it's not ...Nov 24, 2023 · screenplay by Jennifer Lee & Allison Moore. directed by Chris Buck, Fawn Veerasunthorn. by Walter Chaw It's possible to catch the zeitgeist express and still suck, and here's the proof: Fawn Veerasunthorn and Chris Buck's flaccid, disturbing, Les Miz -for-kids Disney flick, Wish. On the verge of giving her fondest wish to the autocrat King ... If you’re ready for a fun night out at the movies, it all starts with choosing where to go and what to see. From national chains to local movie theaters, there are tons of differen...½*/**** starring Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Teyonah Parris, Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, Colman Domingo screenplay by Jordan Peele & Win Rosenfeld and Nia DaCosta directed by Nia DaCosta by Walter Chaw An old urban legend, it goes like this: an amorous pair of youths spirit themselves away to a remote Lovers Lane when, lo, the girl hears …Walter Chaw interviews Renny Harlin, director of THE BRICKLAYER Renny Harlin is older now. Wiser. He almost made an Alien movie, was thisclose to taking the reins of the James Bond franchise, caught the biggest comedian on the planet in the last ten minutes before his precipitous fall... Harlin was a minute ahead of his time and …Uncut Gems matches the frantic intensity of Sandler's performance with Daniel Lopatin's driving, experimental score and a restless camera wielded by veteran cinematographer Darius Khondji that acts a little like how a panic attack feels. Viewed a certain way (as a jeweller does a gem, say), the film works as a harsh depiction of how …Super Troopers (2002) ½/****. starring Jay Chandrasekhar, Kevin Heffernan, Steve Lemme, Paul Soter. screenplay by Broken Lizard. directed by Jay Chandrasekhar. by Walter Chaw From the self-satisfied pens of LA/NY sketch comedy troupe "Broken Lizard" springs Super Troopers, fully formed like some Plutonian messenger from midnight-movie hell.Mar 31, 2022 · Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022) ****/****. starring Michelle Yeoh, Stephanie Hsu, Ke Huy Quan, Jamie Lee Curtis. written and directed by Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert. by Walter Chaw When I tell my parents' story to myself, I never tell it as a love story. It's an immigrant story--a typical one, I've come to learn through reading, yes ... Priscilla (2023) ***½/****. starring Cailee Spaeny, Jacob Elordi, Dagmara Dominiczyk. based on the book Elvis and Me by Priscilla Presley with Sandra Harmon. written and directed by Sofia Coppola. by Walter Chaw Sofia Coppola takes a lot of heat for making movies about what she knows. This strikes me as peculiar, because I don't really …Please Support Film Freak Central. PATREON: Become a Patron! PAYPAL: E-Mail Us. Recent Posts. The Adventures of Renny Harlin: FFC Interviews Renny Harlin; The Bricklayer (2024) + The Beekeeper (2024) The Holdovers (2023) [Collector's Edition] - Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Code "The 50 Best Films of 2023" by Walter Chaw ...Please Support Film Freak Central. PATREON: Become a Patron! PAYPAL: E-Mail Us. Recent Posts. Perfect Days (2023) Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem (2023) - 4K Ultra HD + Digital Code; The Adventures of Renny Harlin: FFC Interviews Renny Harlin; The Bricklayer (2024) + The Beekeeper (2024) ...starring Elena Kampouris, Kate Moyer, Callan Mulvey, Bruce Spence. based upon the short story by Stephen King. written and directed by Kurt Wimmer. by Walter Chaw Kurt Wimmer's Children of the Corn prequel/reboot is drab, uninspired, witless I.P.-sploitation.NO HARD FEELINGS. ***½/****. starring Jennifer Lawrence, Andrew Barth Feldman, Laura Benanti, Matthew Broderick. written by Gene Stupnitsky & John Phillips. directed by Gene Stupnitsky. by Walter Chaw Nicole Holofcener's You Hurt My Feelings belongs, alongside stuff like Tamara Jenkins's Private Life and Lynn Shelton's Sword of …Super Troopers (2002) ½/****. starring Jay Chandrasekhar, Kevin Heffernan, Steve Lemme, Paul Soter. screenplay by Broken Lizard. directed by Jay Chandrasekhar. by Walter Chaw From the self-satisfied pens of LA/NY sketch comedy troupe "Broken Lizard" springs Super Troopers, fully formed like some Plutonian messenger from midnight-movie hell.starring Harrison Ford, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Antonio Banderas, Mads Mikkelsen. written by Jez Butterworth & John-Henry Butterworth and David Koepp and James Mangold. directed by James Mangold. by Walter Chaw Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (hereafter Indy 5) is sad and tired. Some of that is on purpose, essaying a lonesome old …Eileen (2023) by Angelo Muredda Thomasin McKenzie gives the armpit-sniffing Mary Katherine Gallagher a run for her money as the eponymous weirdo loner in William Oldroyd's Eileen, an admirably icky take on the Ottessa Moshfegh novel of the same name, adapted by the author and her partner, Luke Goebel. An awkward, horned-up femcel, …NO HARD FEELINGS. ***½/****. starring Jennifer Lawrence, Andrew Barth Feldman, Laura Benanti, Matthew Broderick. written by Gene Stupnitsky & John Phillips. directed by Gene Stupnitsky. by Walter Chaw Nicole Holofcener's You Hurt My Feelings belongs, alongside stuff like Tamara Jenkins's Private Life and Lynn Shelton's Sword of …Nobody (2021) ***/****. starring Bob Odenkirk, Aleksey Serebryakov, Connie Nielsen, Christopher Lloyd. written by Derek Kolstad. directed by Ilya Naishuller. by Walter Chaw I spent a lot of my freshman year in college in the shadow of post-trauma from a failed suicide attempt, untreated depression, and what felt like hardwired self-loathing.Nov 22, 2021 · starring Carrie Coon, Paul Rudd, Finn Wolfhard, Mckenna Grace. written by Gil Kenan & Jason Reitman. directed by Jason Reitman. by Walter Chaw In Paul Thomas Anderson's Licorice Pizza, John Michael Higgins plays real-life restaurateur Jerry Frick, proprietor of "The Mikado." Frick is married to a severe and disapproving Japanese woman (Yumi ... starring Daniel Craig, Chris Evans, Ana de Armas, Christopher Plummer. written and directed by Rian Johnson. by Bryant Frazer Knives Out, a cleverly plotted and star-studded whodunit, is both comfortingly familiar and surprisingly novel--a loving homage to classic English drawing-room mysteries that celebrates its sources while updating their ...½*/**** starring Nicolas Cage, Joel Kinnaman, Kaiwi Lyman screenplay by Luke Paradise directed by Yuval Adler by Walter Chaw A History of Violence for Dummies, Yuval Adler's slow-moving, never-ending Sympathy for the Devil is a Nicolas Cage vanity project in which America's slavering hambone tries on some kind of accent, a scarlet dye-job, and a half …The Film Freak Central Blog (2005-2012) Loose Frames (tumblr.) Best Picture (Academy Awards) March 31, 2022. Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022) ****/**** starring Michelle Yeoh, Stephanie Hsu, Ke Huy Quan, Jamie Lee Curtis written and directed by Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert.Jan 11, 2022 · The miracle of our otherwise meaningless existence is when, through your agency, you somehow get the worm to notice you. And then it's over and you're gone, a pebble in a well of limitless time. That's what Dune is about. Fuck, it's good. Originally published: September 21, 2022. THE 4K UHD DISC. Scream (2022) ***½/****. starring Melissa Berrera, Mason Gooding, Jenna Ortega, Neve Campbell. written by James Vanderbilt & Guy Busick. directed by Matt Bettinelli-Olpin & Tyler Gillett. by Walter Chaw Kevin Williamson and Wes Craven's Scream cycle, in terms of its influence on modern film, constitutes the most important metatext of …Originally published: March 6, 2019. THE 4K UHD DISC. by Bill Chambers Arrow has reissued their deluxe Blu-ray of Twelve Monkeys on 4K UHD disc with identical bonus features but a new 2160p transfer of the film complete with 12-bit (Dolby Vision) and 10-bit (HDR10) HDR encoding. The piercing green text that teletypes itself onto the …What Judas and the Black Messiah gets right--and what lingered with me after watching the film--is its atmosphere of literal warfare waged on America's streets between the FBI and the Black Panthers, whose movement promised, among other things, violent upheaval of the status quo. I've read about Fred Hampton, of course, and how even though he was …A Good Person (2023) ZERO STARS/****. starring Florence Pugh, Molly Shannon, Chinaza Uche, Morgan Freeman. written and directed by Zach Braff. by Walter Chaw The answer to a question no one asked (what would happen if you smushed misery porn into eldersploitation and had Zach Braff do it?), A Good Person is, on a scale of 28 …starring Harrison Ford, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Antonio Banderas, Mads Mikkelsen. written by Jez Butterworth & John-Henry Butterworth and David Koepp and James Mangold. directed by James Mangold. by Walter Chaw Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (hereafter Indy 5) is sad and tired. Some of that is on purpose, essaying a lonesome old …½*/**** starring Nicolas Cage, Joel Kinnaman, Kaiwi Lyman screenplay by Luke Paradise directed by Yuval Adler by Walter Chaw A History of Violence for Dummies, Yuval Adler's slow-moving, never-ending Sympathy for the Devil is a Nicolas Cage vanity project in which America's slavering hambone tries on some kind of accent, a scarlet dye-job, and a half …Mar 19, 2019 · It's perfect. Spider-Verse is the creation story of Miles Morales (voiced by Shameik Moore), a Brooklyn kid, the child of black cop Jefferson Davis (Brian Tyree Henry) and a Puerto Rican nurse, Rio (Luna Lauren Velez), who speaks to him in a lilting Spanglish. He's lotteried into a private school but feels like an outsider. THE 4K UHD DISC by Bill Chambers Paramount brings Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One to 4K UHD disc in a presentation that's something of a departure from form for this franchise. For one thing, there is no 1080p version of the film on offer, although there is a Blu-ray devoted to 31 minutes of special features, which seems …starring Austin Butler, Tom Hanks, Luke Bracey, Olivia DeJonge. screenplay by Baz Luhrmann & Sam Bromwell and Baz Luhrmann & Craig Pearce. directed by Baz Luhrmann. by Walter Chaw Baz Luhrmann's Elvis is part Perfume, part Immortal Beloved --which is to say, it's horny as fuck and formulates music as mass delusion and mind control.Elemental (2023) ****/****. screenplay by Peter Sohn & Kat Likkel and Brenda Hsueh. directed by Peter Sohn. by Walter Chaw I tell this tale over and over again as I see echoes of it pop up now in a landscape temporarily interested in the particulars of the immigrant story, but my parents came to the United States in the early '70s to complete ...TIFF '21: Flee. **½/****. directed by Jonas Poher Rasmussen. by Angelo Muredda The past is as fluid as the rotoscoped animation used to bring it to life in Jonas Poher Rasmussen's Flee, a high-concept work of creative nonfiction whose unconventional style promises an immersiveness it can't really deliver. Jul 12, 2022 · Originally published: March 6, 2019. THE 4K UHD DISC. by Bill Chambers Arrow has reissued their deluxe Blu-ray of Twelve Monkeys on 4K UHD disc with identical bonus features but a new 2160p transfer of the film complete with 12-bit (Dolby Vision) and 10-bit (HDR10) HDR encoding. The piercing green text that teletypes itself onto the screen ... Dec 31, 2021 · Azor points to a place just beyond the line of sight where vast and implacable machinery turns as these minor players sit several degrees removed from the puppetmasters and power brokers. Matters of pennies, mistaken for matters of life and death. In many ways, this is the year's best horror film. Landslips are a concern in Looe, this one happened on Tuesday night. Some residents in Looe are concerned about a housing development planned for an area prone to …A four-year-old girl was taken to hospital with serious injuries following a dog attack. Dyfed Powys Police said officers were called to Cae Grug, Carmarthen, at 18:15 …starring Daniel Craig, Chris Evans, Ana de Armas, Christopher Plummer. written and directed by Rian Johnson. by Bryant Frazer Knives Out, a cleverly plotted and star-studded whodunit, is both comfortingly familiar and surprisingly novel--a loving homage to classic English drawing-room mysteries that celebrates its sources while updating their ...Nov 16, 2021 · Posted in. ****/**** starring Daniel Craig, Rami Malek, Léa Seydoux, Christoph Waltz screenplay by Neal Purvis & Robert Wade and Cary Joji Fukunaga and Phoebe Waller-Bridge directed by Cary Joji Fukunaga by Walter Chaw SPOILER WARNING IN EFFECT. Cary Fukunaga's No Time to Die, the twenty-fifth canonical James Bond film, is the best one since ... starring Christian Bale, Willem Dafoe, Jared Leto, Josh Lucas. screenplay by Mary Harron & Guinevere Turner, based on the novel by Bret Easton Ellis. directed by Mary Harron. by Bryant Frazer Books are often said to be "unfilmable," but it's the rare text that can be described as "unprintable." That was the fate that nearly befell Bret Easton ...Scream Factory brings Ghost Story to Blu-ray in its original 1.85:1 aspect ratio. The 1080p transfer appears to look as good as it possibly could--good enough to throw a few focusing anomalies into relief--with the exception of some overlooked print debris. Brown is the movie's colour scheme and so, brown it is.Watchers II is the 1990 sequel to the 1988 horror film Watchers. Starring Marc Singer and Tracy Scoggins , the film is loosely based on the 1987 novel Watchers by Dean Koontz …THE 4K UHD DISC by Bill Chambers Commemorating the film's 55 th anniversary, Roman Polanski's Rosemary's Baby returns home to Paramount on 4K UHD disc after a sojourn in the Criterion Collection. Though hardly the revelatory upgrade that Criterion's 2012 Blu-ray was, this in-house 4K transfer is rock solid, whatever the …TIFF '23: I Don't Know Who You Are. **½/****. starring Mark Clennon, Anthony Diaz, Nat Manuel, Michael Hogan. written and directed by M.H. Murray. by Bill Chambers Toronto scenester Benjamin (Mark Clennon) is a young, Black artist and musician getting his groove back after breaking up with his boyfriend and performing …| Film Freak Central ***½/****starring Thomas Schubert, Paula Beer, Langston Uibel, Enno Trebswritten and directed by Christian Petzold by Walter Chaw In …The theme of Rodman Philbrick’s young-adult novel “Freak the Mighty” is the power of friendship and its ability to triumph over adversity. Max tells the “unvanquished truth” of his...Jan 2, 2024 · Wim Wenders's Perfect Days is about the grace of being okay when you're not okay--about living out your days for the little things in defiance of the dismal tide. Jonathan Glazer's The Zone of Interest is that dismal tide. 2023 was a marvellous year for the movies and an awful one for the human race. Less a movie with a plot than with a central intrigue, Dominion is about a proto Elon Musk figure named Lewis Dodgson (Campbell Scott), who has cornered the market on dinosaur engineering, using the privilege to create giant locusts that eat every crop except for the ones also engineered by Lewis's company. "But, famine," protests …The Film Freak Central Blog (2005-2012) Loose Frames (tumblr.) Best Picture (Academy Awards) March 31, 2022. Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022) ****/**** starring Michelle Yeoh, Stephanie Hsu, Ke Huy Quan, Jamie Lee Curtis written and directed by Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert.Please Support Film Freak Central. PATREON: Become a Patron! PAYPAL: E-Mail Us. Recent Posts. The Adventures of Renny Harlin: FFC Interviews Renny Harlin; The Bricklayer (2024) + The Beekeeper (2024) The Holdovers (2023) [Collector's Edition] - Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Code "The 50 Best Films of 2023" by Walter Chaw ...Cherry (2021) ***/****. starring Tom Holland, Ciara Bravo, Jack Reynor, Michael Rispoli. screenplay by Angela Russo-Otstot and Jessica Goldberg, based on the novel by Nico Walker. directed by Anthony Russo & Joe Russo. by Walter Chaw When you hit someone coming and going, I think that either it's personal or you don't know what …Bill Chambers – Film Freak Central; Susan G. Cole – Freelance; Thom Ernst – Freelance; Marriska Fernandes – Freelance; Alicia Fletcher - Cinema Scope, A Year in Film; Eli …Landslips are a concern in Looe, this one happened on Tuesday night. Some residents in Looe are concerned about a housing development planned for an area prone to …THE 4K UHD DISC by Bill Chambers Paramount brings Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One to 4K UHD disc in a presentation that's something of a departure from form for this franchise. For one thing, there is no 1080p version of the film on offer, although there is a Blu-ray devoted to 31 minutes of special features, which seems …A Man Called Otto (2022) */****. starring Tom Hanks, Mariana Treviño, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, Mike Birbiglia. screenplay by David Magee, based on the novel A Man …HONEY BOY ***½/**** starring Shia LaBeouf, Lucas Hedges, Noah Jupe, FKA twigs written by Shia LaBeouf directed by Alma Har'el THE LIGHTHOUSE ***½/**** starring Robert Pattinson, Willem Dafoe written and directed by Robert Eggers by Walter Chaw There is a suggestion in Alma Har'el's haunted, raw Honey Boy that the only …While it is possible to download movies from Putlocker for free, it is illegal to do so. Downloading copyrighted movies without the express permission of the copyright owner is ill...**½/**** starring Sigourney Weaver, Felicity Jones, Lewis MacDougall, Liam Neeson screenplay by Patrick Ness, based on his novel directed by J.A. Bayona by Walter Chaw Tears are easy when the subject is the loss of a loved one. They come even when you don't particularly like the vehicle that inspires them. In the case of J.A. Bayona's A Monster …Dec 13, 2022 · starring Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Sigourney Weaver, Kate Winslet. screenplay by James Cameron & Rick Jaffa & Amanda Silver. directed by James Cameron. by Walter Chaw The discourse leading up to James Cameron's Avatar: The Way of Water (hereafter Avatar 2) has been largely about how although the first Avatar is the second-highest-grossing ... Dec 3, 2022 · The Banshees of Inisherin (2022) ****/****. starring Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson, Kelly, Kerry Condon, Barry Keoghan. written and directed by Martin McDonagh. by Walter Chaw I lost a friend this year. Not to death but to no longer having anything of value to offer him, what with time getting short. Perfect Days (2023) ****/****. starring Kôji Yakusho, Tokio Emoto, Arisa Nakano, Tomokazu Miura. written by Wim Wenders, Takuma Takasaki. directed by Wim Wenders. by Walter Chaw Hirayama (Kôji Yakusho) notices little things. Like the sunlight dappling the trees. Or the doomed sproutling, too close to its mother to survive, pushing its way out ... THE 4K UHD DISC by Bill Chambers Commemorating the film's 55 th anniversary, Roman Polanski's Rosemary's Baby returns home to Paramount on 4K UHD disc after a sojourn in the Criterion Collection. Though hardly the revelatory upgrade that Criterion's 2012 Blu-ray was, this in-house 4K transfer is rock solid, whatever the …A Man Called Otto (2022) */****. starring Tom Hanks, Mariana Treviño, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, Mike Birbiglia. screenplay by David Magee, based on the novel A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman and the film A Man Called Ove written by Hannes Holm. directed by Marc Forster.May 16, 2023 · Air (2023) */****. starring Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, Jason Bateman, Viola Davis. written by Alex Convery. directed by Ben Affleck. by Walter Chaw The irony of a film celebrating the taking of chances being so absolutely afraid to take any chances is so conspicuous it feels a little like bullying to point it out, but here goes: Ben Affleck's Air ... Film Freak Central. Home. Home ~Master Review Index~ Interview Index; The Film Freak Central Blog (2005-2012) Loose Frames (tumblr.) Sci-Fi January 30, 2024. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem (2023) - 4K Ultra HD + Digital Code. Note: all framegrabs were sourced from the 4K UHD disc***/**** starring Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Sebastian Stan, Samuel L. Jackson screenplay by Christopher Markus & Stephen McFeely directed by Anthony and Joe Russo by Walter Chaw A fine companion piece to last summer's The Lone Ranger, with another hero whose essential goodness has become anachronistic in a world defined by …A four-year-old girl was taken to hospital with serious injuries following a dog attack. Dyfed Powys Police said officers were called to Cae Grug, Carmarthen, at 18:15 …Jun 16, 2023 · The Flash (2023) *½/****. starring Ezra Miller, Sasha Calle, Kiersey Clemons, Michael Keaton. screenplay by Christina Hodson. directed by Andy Muschietti. by Walter Chaw Andy Muschietti's jittery, frenetic The Flash has about it the feeling of someone getting away with something. Some of that's extratextual, given the tribulations of its ... Elemental (2023) ****/****. screenplay by Peter Sohn & Kat Likkel and Brenda Hsueh. directed by Peter Sohn. by Walter Chaw I tell this tale over and over again as I see echoes of it pop up now in a landscape temporarily interested in the particulars of the immigrant story, but my parents came to the United States in the early '70s to complete ...A Walter Hill Film, Walter Chaw's critical biography of filmmaker Walter Hill (The Warriors, 48Hrs., Streets of Fire), is now available in paperback from MZS Press. Featuring photos from Hill's personal archives, introductions by James Ellroy and Larry Gross, an afterword by Edgar Wright, and cover art from the acclaimed Ganzeer, it's A …Nov 6, 2020 · starring Alec Baldwin, Geena Davis, Jeffrey Jones, Michael Keaton. screenplay by Michael McDowell and Warren Skaaren. directed by Tim Burton. by Bill Chambers Although Walter Chaw and Alex Jackson already covered The Goonies and Beetlejuice (hereafter Beetle Juice ), respectively, for our humble little website, I feel obliged to say something ... FILM FREAK CENTRAL turns 24 this month and I became curious what our 24 most-read reviews might be. Unfortunately, we didn't sign up for Analytics until 2014, and any record of our traffic before then has evaporated from the Internet. So, uh, here's a countdown of our 24 most-read reviews since, um, 2014. Few surprises on here (longtime ...Mar 17, 2022 · It's the early 20 th century. Former soldier Orlando (Ralph Fiennes), the Duke of Oxford, is visiting friend Lord Kitchener (Charles Dance) at a concentration camp in South Africa on behalf of the Red Cross when the Boers attack, leaving Orlando critically wounded, his wife (the overqualified Alexandra Maria Lara) dead, and their little boy Conrad (Alexander Shaw) wishing they'd gone to Wally ... Mr. Intense: FFC Interviews James Foley. April 27, 2003|Discovered at a student party by director Hal Ashby, one of the more tragic figures of the American New Wave of the '70s, James Foley is at his best when detailing the brash social textures of the United States and the intricacies of male relationships (and, by extension, male ...****/**** Image B+ Sound B Extras B+ starring Dustin Hoffman, Tom Cruise, Valeria Golino, Jerry Molen screenplay by Ronald Bass and Barry Morrow directed by Barry Levinson. by Alex Jackson From its opening shot of a Cadillac craned across the smoggy Los Angeles skyline as The Belle Stars' iconic cover of "Iko Iko" plays on the soundtrack, Barry …LETHAL WEAPON 4 (1998) */**** Image A Sound B+ Extras D. starring Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Joe Pesci, Rene Russo. screenplay by Channing Gibson. directed by Richard Donner. by Walter Chaw It's tough to convey exactly how …Oct 22, 2023 · Rosemary's Baby (1968) - 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray. by Walter Chaw Rosemary is everything. He's just Guy. It's that tension--between a woman fully actualized and a man forever frustrated, the Grail vs. the Knights of the Round Table--that serves as the tightrope in Roman Polanski's Rosemary's Baby. As portrayed by Mia Farrow, Rosemary is precious ... starring Christopher Walken, Brooke Adams, Tom Skerritt, Herbert Lom. screenplay by Jeffrey Boam, based on the novel by Stephen King. directed by David Cronenberg. by Walter Chaw Michael Kamen's score for The Dead Zone sounds so much like Howard Shore's work that if I didn't know better... Aug 16, 2021 · starring Emilia Jones, Eugenio Derbez, Troy Kotsur, Marlee Matlin. screenplay by Sian Heder, based on the original motion picture La Famille Belier by Éric Lartigau. directed by Sian Heder. by Walter Chaw It says something, something terrible, that the Deaf community has expressed gratefulness for CODA because it's some kind of representation ... Apr 26, 2003 · Mr. Intense: FFC Interviews James Foley. April 27, 2003|Discovered at a student party by director Hal Ashby, one of the more tragic figures of the American New Wave of the '70s, James Foley is at his best when detailing the brash social textures of the United States and the intricacies of male relationships (and, by extension, male ... click any image to enlarge DEATH WISH ***½/**** Image A Sound A starring Charles Bronson, Vincent Gardenia, William Redfield, Hope Lange screenplay by Wendell Mayes, based on the novel by Brian Garfield directed by Michael Winner STONE COLD **/**** Image C+ Sound B- starring Brian Bosworth, Lance Henriksen, William Forsythe, …THE DVD MGM brings Fiddler on the Roof to DVD once again, this time in a 2-Disc Collector's Edition that mainly updates the encoding of the 2001 release. Presented in a 2.42:1, 16x9-enhanced transfer, the movie itself often looks magnificent but shadow detail wanes from time to time and minor imperfections in the source print are visible in darker …Film Freak Central is a website that offers critical reviews of movies from various genres and countries. Read Walter Chaw's take on Afire, Dream Scenario, Eileen, and The …Film freak central, mcgeorge's rolling hills rv, nut and bolt organizer
½*/**** starring Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Teyonah Parris, Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, Colman Domingo screenplay by Jordan Peele & Win Rosenfeld and Nia DaCosta directed by Nia DaCosta by Walter Chaw An old urban legend, it goes like this: an amorous pair of youths spirit themselves away to a remote Lovers Lane when, lo, the girl hears …. Film freak central
clinton bar and grillA Good Person (2023) ZERO STARS/****. starring Florence Pugh, Molly Shannon, Chinaza Uche, Morgan Freeman. written and directed by Zach Braff. by Walter Chaw The answer to a question no one asked (what would happen if you smushed misery porn into eldersploitation and had Zach Braff do it?), A Good Person is, on a scale of 28 …Jul 1, 2013 · The Lone Ranger (2013) ***/****. starring Johnny Depp, Armie Hammer, Tom Wilkinson, Helena Bonham Carter. screenplay by Justin Haythe and Ted Elliott & Terry Rossio. directed by Gore Verbinski. by Walter Chaw What Gore Verbinski's The Lone Ranger has going for it, in addition to a genuinely ugly streak of nihilism and a surprisingly high body ... Contributor, Film Freak Central. Denver. Arts and Entertainment, U.S. Regional. As seen in: Film Freak Central, The New York Times, MSN (US), Post Outlook, NPR, Flipboard, …May 16, 2023 · Air (2023) */****. starring Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, Jason Bateman, Viola Davis. written by Alex Convery. directed by Ben Affleck. by Walter Chaw The irony of a film celebrating the taking of chances being so absolutely afraid to take any chances is so conspicuous it feels a little like bullying to point it out, but here goes: Ben Affleck's Air ... TIFF '21: Flee. by Angelo Muredda The past is as fluid as the rotoscoped animation used to bring it to life in Jonas Poher Rasmussen's Flee, a high-concept work of creative nonfiction whose unconventional style promises an immersiveness it can't really deliver. Rasmussen's animated documentary profile of his childhood friend, pseudonymously ...The following Ten Best list reflects only the opinions of Bill Chambers--Film Freak Central's webmaster--and not necessarily those of this site's other contributors. 10. Henry Fool. Hal Hartley movies never make Top 10 lists; they're considered pompous and pretentious by people who are just those things.Apr 26, 2003 · Mr. Intense: FFC Interviews James Foley. April 27, 2003|Discovered at a student party by director Hal Ashby, one of the more tragic figures of the American New Wave of the '70s, James Foley is at his best when detailing the brash social textures of the United States and the intricacies of male relationships (and, by extension, male ... Dec 9, 2020 · Total Recall (1990) - 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital. Note: all framegrabs were sourced from the 4K UHD disc. ***/**** Image B+ Sound B+ Extras B+. starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Rachel Ticotin, Sharon Stone, Ronny Cox. screenplay by Ronald Shusett & Dan O'Bannon and Gary Goldman, based on the short story "We Can Remember It for You Wholesale ... THE BLU-RAY DISC. Roxanne ripostes on Blu-ray in a perfectly adequate 2.40:1, 1080p transfer. The image is soft and two-dimensional, but credit for not DVNR'ing it to death and/or lathering on the edge-enhancement. While grain is evident in every shot, it's not a distraction for the most part, and flesh tones seem pretty good--even the area ...Uncut Gems matches the frantic intensity of Sandler's performance with Daniel Lopatin's driving, experimental score and a restless camera wielded by veteran cinematographer Darius Khondji that acts a little like how a panic attack feels. Viewed a certain way (as a jeweller does a gem, say), the film works as a harsh depiction of how …Are you looking for a great way to stay up to date on the latest movies? Going to the theater is one of the best ways to watch new releases and get an immersive experience. But wit...If you’re ready for a fun night out at the movies, it all starts with choosing where to go and what to see. From national chains to local movie theaters, there are tons of differen...At the risk of being premature in my assessment, I think Demián Rugna is the real deal. His Terrified from 2017 was confident and brilliant: a strange, alchemical product of the unimaginable and the familiar; a "fun" extreme gore/horror exercise that crossed the line so often it rewrote it. Now, six years later, here's Rugna's follow-up: When Evil Lurks, …Oct 9, 2023 · Priscilla (2023) ***½/****. starring Cailee Spaeny, Jacob Elordi, Dagmara Dominiczyk. based on the book Elvis and Me by Priscilla Presley with Sandra Harmon. written and directed by Sofia Coppola. by Walter Chaw Sofia Coppola takes a lot of heat for making movies about what she knows. This strikes me as peculiar, because I don't really have ... starring Allison Williams, Violet McGraw, Amie Donald, Jenna Davis. screenplay by Akela Cooper. directed by Gerard Johnstone. by Walter Chaw That the Internet works the way it does and evolved as quickly as it did likely had everything to do with it being the finest distributor of pornography the world had ever seen.Originally published: December 24, 2012. THE BLU-RAY DISC. by Bill Chambers Distributed by eOne in Canada and Anchor Bay stateside, the Blu-ray release of Django Unchained presents the film in a 2.40:1, 1080p transfer best described as high-fidelity. Shot in 35mm Panavision (nice to see Quentin Tarantino and DP Robert …The Film Freak Central Blog (2005-2012) Loose Frames (tumblr.) Australia September 6, 2023. Telluride '23: The Royal Hotel **½/**** starring Julia Garner, Jessica Henwick, James Frecheville, Hugo Weaving written by Kitty Green & Oscar Redding directed by Kitty Green.THE 4K UHD DISC by Bill Chambers Commemorating the film's 55 th anniversary, Roman Polanski's Rosemary's Baby returns home to Paramount on 4K UHD disc after a sojourn in the Criterion Collection. Though hardly the revelatory upgrade that Criterion's 2012 Blu-ray was, this in-house 4K transfer is rock solid, whatever the …Mar 18, 2023 · starring Keanu Reeves, Donnie Yen, Bill Skarsgård, Laurence Fishburne. written by Shay Hatten and Michael Finch. directed by Chad Stahelski. by Walter Chaw The John Wick franchise is two things: a fantasy world with rules and consequences for breaking them, and a series of films crafted with extraordinary care and meticulous attention to detail. ***½/**** screenplay by Andrew Stanton & Jim Reardon directed by Andrew Stanton. by Walter Chaw What curbs Andrew Stanton's WALL·E from being a complete triumph is an extended Battle Royale in the middle of the film between a ship's captain and his HAL-like autopilot--more Mack Sennett than Stanley Kubrick, it's a moment that …Telluride '21: The Lost Daughter. ****/****. starring Olivia Colman, Dakota Johnson, Peter Sarsgaard, Jessie Buckley. screenplay by Maggie Gyllenhaal, based on the novel by Elena Ferrante. directed by Maggie Gyllenhaal. by Walter Chaw Leda (Jessie Buckley) is brilliant. She's translating Auden into Italian and, more than just translating, …Streaming movies online has become increasingly popular in recent years, and with the right tools, it’s possible to watch full movies for free. Here are some tips on how to stream ...REGION. 1. DISC TYPE. 2 DVD-9s. STUDIO. Fox. That mythology is reborn here as the story of Rogue (Anna Paquin), a teenaged belle who skips town after a first kiss leaves her boyfriend literally breathless, only to find herself a travelling companion to Logan (smouldering star-on-the-rise Hugh Jackman), an underground boxer with adamantium ...“Freaking,” according to Dictionary.com, is an adverb or adjective form of freak that is used to emphasize a point. In this regard, it is not a bad word, but profanity is often con...Perfect Days (2023) ****/****. starring Kôji Yakusho, Tokio Emoto, Arisa Nakano, Tomokazu Miura. written by Wim Wenders, Takuma Takasaki. directed by Wim Wenders. by Walter …It's perfect. Spider-Verse is the creation story of Miles Morales (voiced by Shameik Moore), a Brooklyn kid, the child of black cop Jefferson Davis (Brian Tyree Henry) and a Puerto Rican nurse, Rio (Luna Lauren Velez), who speaks to him in a lilting Spanglish. He's lotteried into a private school but feels like an outsider.Once Upon a Time...in Hollywood (2019) ****/****. starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Brad Pitt, Margot Robbie, Al Pacino. written and directed by Quentin Tarantino. by Walter Chaw It was a late summer night, humid and low, in the "hill" area of downtown Seattle, outside a coffee shop called "Coffee Messiah" festooned wall-to-wall with tacky …Killers of the Flower Moon (2023) **½/****. starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert De Niro, Lily Gladstone, Jesse Plemons. screenplay by Eric Roth and Martin Scorsese, based on the book Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann. directed by Martin Scorsese.Perfect Days (2023) ****/****. starring Kôji Yakusho, Tokio Emoto, Arisa Nakano, Tomokazu Miura. written by Wim Wenders, Takuma Takasaki. directed by Wim Wenders. by Walter Chaw Hirayama (Kôji Yakusho) notices little things. Like the sunlight dappling the trees. Or the doomed sproutling, too close to its mother to survive, pushing its way out ...Oct 19, 2018 · starring Lisa Yang, Chang Chen, Chang Kuo-Chu, Elaine Jin. script and dialogue by Edward Yang, Yan Hong-Ya, Alex Yang, Lai Ming-Tang. directed by Edward Yang. by Walter Chaw My family fled mainland China to Taiwan in 1949, just ahead of the communist takeover. Cherry (2021) ***/****. starring Tom Holland, Ciara Bravo, Jack Reynor, Michael Rispoli. screenplay by Angela Russo-Otstot and Jessica Goldberg, based on the novel by Nico Walker. directed by Anthony Russo & Joe Russo. by Walter Chaw When you hit someone coming and going, I think that either it's personal or you don't know what …Prey (2022) ****/****. starring Amber Midthunder, Dakota Beavers, Dane DiLiegro, Stormee Kipp. screenplay by Patrick Aison. directed by Dan Trachtenberg. by Walter Chaw There is a complete lack of pretense to Dan Trachtenberg's Prey --lack of pretense being one of the emerging traits of a filmmaker whose two films so far (both …Among my favourite Canadian publications to find films are Film Freak Central and Cinema Axis. (Throughout the festival, I maintain an updating list of the best …Oct 19, 2018 · starring Lisa Yang, Chang Chen, Chang Kuo-Chu, Elaine Jin. script and dialogue by Edward Yang, Yan Hong-Ya, Alex Yang, Lai Ming-Tang. directed by Edward Yang. by Walter Chaw My family fled mainland China to Taiwan in 1949, just ahead of the communist takeover. I fell down a psychic wormhole recently while writing about Luis Buñuel's Belle De Jour (1967) for Film Freak Central.It was one of those chrono-synclastic infundibula that can …Jun 16, 2023 · The Flash (2023) *½/****. starring Ezra Miller, Sasha Calle, Kiersey Clemons, Michael Keaton. screenplay by Christina Hodson. directed by Andy Muschietti. by Walter Chaw Andy Muschietti's jittery, frenetic The Flash has about it the feeling of someone getting away with something. Some of that's extratextual, given the tribulations of its ... Scream Factory brings Ghost Story to Blu-ray in its original 1.85:1 aspect ratio. The 1080p transfer appears to look as good as it possibly could--good enough to throw a few focusing anomalies into relief--with the exception of some overlooked print debris. Brown is the movie's colour scheme and so, brown it is.Nov 26, 2023 · Saltburn (2023) */****. starring Barry Keoghan, Jacob Elordi, Rosamund Pike, Richard E. Grant. written and directed by Emerald Fennell. by Walter Chaw People keep expressing in the weariest, archest way how disappointing Oliver Quick (Barry Keoghan) has turned out to be, or, if they're more passive, how they do hope he doesn't end up like the ... Professional film critic, instructor and essayist. I have written a monograph on the film MIRACLE MILE and have an upcoming book on the films of Walter Hill. ... FILM FREAK …starring Jamie Lee Curtis, Judy Greer, Andi Matichak, Anthony Michael Hall. written by Scott Teems & Danny McBride & David Gordon Green. directed by David Gordon Green. by Bill Chambers Depending on your perspective, Halloween Kills, David Gordon Green's follow-up to his 2018 Halloween, is the third Halloween II, or the second …Nov 26, 2023 · Saltburn (2023) */****. starring Barry Keoghan, Jacob Elordi, Rosamund Pike, Richard E. Grant. written and directed by Emerald Fennell. by Walter Chaw People keep expressing in the weariest, archest way how disappointing Oliver Quick (Barry Keoghan) has turned out to be, or, if they're more passive, how they do hope he doesn't end up like the ... Perfect Days (2023) ****/****. starring Kôji Yakusho, Tokio Emoto, Arisa Nakano, Tomokazu Miura. written by Wim Wenders, Takuma Takasaki. directed by Wim Wenders. by Walter Chaw Hirayama (Kôji Yakusho) notices little things. Like the sunlight dappling the trees. Or the doomed sproutling, too close to its mother to survive, pushing its way out ... THE BLU-RAY DISC. Easy Rider docks on Blu-ray from Sony in a beautiful, glass-clear 1.85:1, 1080p/MPEG-4 transfer that sharpens every frame of the picture without sacrificing its hard textures and no-budget integrity. The 16mm blowup sequences look more virtuoso than ever before, their influence on stuff like Ruggero Deodato's Cannibal ...***½/**** screenplay by Andrew Stanton & Jim Reardon directed by Andrew Stanton. by Walter Chaw What curbs Andrew Stanton's WALL·E from being a complete triumph is an extended Battle Royale in the middle of the film between a ship's captain and his HAL-like autopilot--more Mack Sennett than Stanley Kubrick, it's a moment that …starring Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill, Amy Adams, Jesse Eisenberg. written by Chris Terrio and David S. Goyer. directed by Zack Snyder. by Walter Chaw This is what I know: that the first time I saw Kinji Fukasaku's Battle Royale, a friend had to acquire it from some disreputable dealer and send it to me, unmarked, in a brown box.Perfect Days (2023) ****/****. starring Kôji Yakusho, Tokio Emoto, Arisa Nakano, Tomokazu Miura. written by Wim Wenders, Takuma Takasaki. directed by Wim Wenders. by Walter …Nobody (2021) ***/****. starring Bob Odenkirk, Aleksey Serebryakov, Connie Nielsen, Christopher Lloyd. written by Derek Kolstad. directed by Ilya Naishuller. by Walter Chaw I spent a lot of my freshman year in college in the shadow of post-trauma from a failed suicide attempt, untreated depression, and what felt like hardwired self-loathing.The following Ten Best list reflects only the opinions of Bill Chambers--Film Freak Central's webmaster--and not necessarily those of this site's other contributors. 10. Henry Fool. Hal Hartley movies never make Top 10 lists; they're considered pompous and pretentious by people who are just those things.Jul 19, 2023 · Oppenheimer (2023) **½/****. starring Cillian Murphy, Emily Blunt, Matt Damon, Florence Pugh. written and directed by Christopher Nolan. by Walter Chaw Stolid, classical in form, stately in a way some would say is boring yet so precisely parcelled out in perfectly measured, oppressively scored, bite-sized mic-drop morsels that it holds one's ... Apr 26, 2003 · Mr. Intense: FFC Interviews James Foley. April 27, 2003|Discovered at a student party by director Hal Ashby, one of the more tragic figures of the American New Wave of the '70s, James Foley is at his best when detailing the brash social textures of the United States and the intricacies of male relationships (and, by extension, male ... Film Freak Central. Home. Home ~Master Review Index~ Interview Index; The Film Freak Central Blog (2005-2012) Loose Frames (tumblr.) Animation January 30, 2024. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem (2023) - 4K Ultra HD + Digital Code. Note: all framegrabs were sourced from the 4K UHD discA Man Called Otto (2022) */****. starring Tom Hanks, Mariana Treviño, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, Mike Birbiglia. screenplay by David Magee, based on the novel A Man …THE SHORT FILMS OF DAVID LYNCH Image A Sound A Extras B-. DUMBLAND Image B Sound A-. by Bill Chambers One is tempted to appropriate Jean-Luc Godard's oft-misquoted "The cinema is Nicholas Ray" in discussing the origins of David Lynch, whose blossoming sophistication unwittingly paralleled that of film itself. From the …Professional film critic, instructor and essayist. I have written a monograph on the film MIRACLE MILE and have an upcoming book on the films of Walter Hill. ... FILM FREAK …Jul 1, 2013 · The Lone Ranger (2013) ***/****. starring Johnny Depp, Armie Hammer, Tom Wilkinson, Helena Bonham Carter. screenplay by Justin Haythe and Ted Elliott & Terry Rossio. directed by Gore Verbinski. by Walter Chaw What Gore Verbinski's The Lone Ranger has going for it, in addition to a genuinely ugly streak of nihilism and a surprisingly high body ... Jan 13, 2024 · starring Aaron Eckhart, Nina Dobrev, Tim Blake Nelson, Clifton Collins, Jr. screenplay by Hanna Weg and Matt Johnson, based on the novel by Noah Boyd. directed by Renny Harlin. THE BEEKEEPER. **½/****. starring Jason Statham, Emmy Raver-Lampman, Josh Hutcherson, Jeremy Irons. written by Kurt Wimmer. directed by David Ayer. NO HARD FEELINGS. ***½/****. starring Jennifer Lawrence, Andrew Barth Feldman, Laura Benanti, Matthew Broderick. written by Gene Stupnitsky & John Phillips. directed by Gene Stupnitsky. by Walter Chaw Nicole Holofcener's You Hurt My Feelings belongs, alongside stuff like Tamara Jenkins's Private Life and Lynn Shelton's Sword of …**½/**** starring Sigourney Weaver, Felicity Jones, Lewis MacDougall, Liam Neeson screenplay by Patrick Ness, based on his novel directed by J.A. Bayona by Walter Chaw Tears are easy when the subject is the loss of a loved one. They come even when you don't particularly like the vehicle that inspires them. In the case of J.A. Bayona's A Monster …Jul 12, 2022 · Originally published: March 6, 2019. THE 4K UHD DISC. by Bill Chambers Arrow has reissued their deluxe Blu-ray of Twelve Monkeys on 4K UHD disc with identical bonus features but a new 2160p transfer of the film complete with 12-bit (Dolby Vision) and 10-bit (HDR10) HDR encoding. The piercing green text that teletypes itself onto the screen ... Contributor, Film Freak Central. Denver. Arts and Entertainment, U.S. Regional. As seen in: Film Freak Central, The New York Times, MSN (US), Post Outlook, NPR, Flipboard, …The Film Freak Central Blog (2005-2012) Loose Frames (tumblr.) Australia September 6, 2023. Telluride '23: The Royal Hotel **½/**** starring Julia Garner, Jessica Henwick, James Frecheville, Hugo Weaving written by Kitty Green & Oscar Redding directed by Kitty Green.THE 4K UHD DISC To commemorate the 20 th anniversary of Gladiator, Paramount has reissued its 2018 4K Ultra HD release of the film in a handsome steelbook adorned with Russell Crowe's Maximus in full fight stance, prepared to cut a bitch.When Gladiator first came out on Blu-ray, it was met with controversy for being overzealously …Film Freak Central is a website for film lovers and critics, featuring reviews, interviews, news and more on various genres and directors. Whether you are looking for the latest releases, classics, or cult films, you can find them here with Walter Chaw's insights and recommendations. The main conflict in “Freak The Mighty” is two boys’ battles with themselves and their respective disabilities. Kevin has an extraordinary intellect but has been crippled from birt...Wim Wenders's Perfect Days is about the grace of being okay when you're not okay--about living out your days for the little things in defiance of the dismal tide. Jonathan Glazer's The Zone of Interest is that dismal tide. 2023 was a marvellous year for the movies and an awful one for the human race.. Kaiser permanente hayward sleepy hollow medical offices hayward ca, dina freberg