Sep 21, 2021 · TIFF '21: Dune. Dune Part One. ****/****. starring Timothée Chalamet, Rebecca Ferguson, Oscar Isaac, Javier Bardem. screenplay by Jon Spaihts and Denis Villeneuve and Eric Roth, based on the novel by Frank Herbert. directed by Denis Villeneuve. by Walter Chaw I couldn't get through the Lord of the Rings trilogy when I was a kid, but I devoured ... Akira (1988) - DVD (THX) by Walter Chaw What begins as a miracle of cinema ends as an obscure endurance test, but the visual landmarks that you pass along this strange animated journey's way make the trip one of value. Akira is two hours and five minutes of philosophical soup, a surrealistic melding of Blade Runner, X-Men, Firestarter, …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.Originally published: March 29, 2021. THE 4K UHD DISC. by Bill Chambers Warner shepherds Godzilla vs. Kong to 4K UHD disc after a brief theatrical/HBO Max window. The 2.39:1, 2160p transfer is among the most flamboyant I've seen of a contemporary title with regards to its use of HDR (Dolby Vision and HDR10+) and …Nov 19, 2023 · Napoleon (2023) **½/****. starring Joaquin Phoenix, Vanessa Kirby, Tahar Rahim, Rupert Everett. written by David Scarpa. directed by Ridley Scott. by Walter Chaw I wish Ridley Scott's Napoleon was weirder, kinkier, as perverse as it seems like Joaquin Phoenix, who plays the diminutive emperor, wants it to be. 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 …Feb 28, 2022 · The Batman (2022) **/****. starring Robert Pattinson, Zoë Kravitz, Paul Dano, Colin Farrell. written by Matt Reeves & Peter Craig. directed by Matt Reeves. by Walter Chaw I love Matt Reeves. I think Cloverfield is exceptional, that I underestimated Let Me In upon its initial release, and that, for as popular as it was, the Planet of the Apes ... 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 …Babylon (2022) ZERO STARS/****. starring Brad Pitt, Margot Robbie, Diego Calva, Jean Smart. written and directed by Damien Chazelle. by Walter Chaw If it were only vile, only repulsive, it still would have been a disaster lacking insight and honesty, but at least it wouldn't also be afflicted with bathetic false modesty wet down with spasms of ...May 30, 2023 · The Little Mermaid (2023) */****. starring Halle Bailey, Jonah Hauer-King, Daveed Diggs, Melissa McCarthy. screenplay by David Magee. directed by Rob Marshall. by Walter Chaw I have long, disquieting thoughts about Ursula the Sea Witch's anatomy in the live-action version of Disney's The Little Mermaid. As I understand it, with octopi, the ... 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.screenplay by Ryoo Seung-wan, Kim Jeong-yeon. directed by Ryoo Seung-wan. by Bill Chambers Jason Yu's Sleep had me at hello. Soo-jin (Jung Yu-mi) and Hyun-su (Lee Sun-kyun) are a young couple expecting their first child. One night, out of the blue, Hyun-Su starts talking in his sleep. "Someone's inside," he says.Feb 19, 2016 · The Witch (2016) The VVitch. ****/****. starring Anya Taylor-Joy, Ralph Nelson, Kate Dickie, Harvey Scrimshaw. written and directed by Robert Eggers. by Walter Chaw Robert Eggers's The Witch details a young woman's coming-of-age as a thing of wonder and, to her Puritanical community, an incalculable and infernal threat. 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 ... 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. 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 …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. | Film Freak Central ***½/****starring Thomas Schubert, Paula Beer, Langston Uibel, Enno Trebswritten and directed by Christian Petzold by Walter Chaw In …THE BLU-RAY DISC. by Bill Chambers Released in June of 2012, Warner's Blu-ray edition of A Perfect World is a good but possibly revisionist rendering of a neo-classic I remember as a vibrant study of baby-blue skies and emerald-green grass. The oft-muted 2.40:1, 1080p transfer appears to reflect, with some admitted inconsistency, a new …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 …Hey, Film Freak Central and Walter in particular just recieved an official endorsement from Roger Ebert. A recent post on his blog: I absolutely love film …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 …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 …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 ... Jan 15, 2022 · 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 the last ... Oct 8, 2023 · When Evil Lurks (2023) Cuando acecha la maldad. ****/****. starring Ezequiel Rodríguez, Demián Salomón, Luis Ziembrowski, Federico Liss. written and directed by Demián Rugna. by Walter Chaw I felt like there was a hand pressing down on my chest during Demián Rugna's When Evil Lurks, a horror film so vicious and uncompromising I wasn't ... 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 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.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. ***½/**** Image A Sound A- Extras A- starring Ken Ogata, Kenji Sawada, Yasosuke Bando, Toshiyuki Nagashima written by Paul Schrader and Leonard Schrader (Japanese screenplay by Cheiko Schrader) directed by Paul Schrader by Bryant Frazer A little more than halfway through Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters, a fragmented, …Ford Lightning is a name that resonates with truck enthusiasts and speed freaks alike. It’s a name that has become synonymous with power, performance, and style. In the early 1990s...***½/**** starring Annabelle Wallis, Maddie Hasson, George Young, Michole Briana White screenplay by Akela Cooper directed by James Wan by Walter Chaw James Wan's Malignant is spectacularly, unabashedly fucking nuts. Not nuts in a random way, nuts in the way Oliver Stone's The Hand is--or, more to the point, Brian De Palma's Sisters. …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 …Aug 15, 2023 · Fantasia Festival '23: Birth/Rebirth. ****/****. starring Judy Reyes, Marin Ireland, AJ Lister, Breeda Wool. written by Laura Moss & Brendan O'Brien. directed by Laura Moss. by Walter Chaw In this year of the distaff Frankenstein riff, sandwiched between Bomani Story's exceptional The Angry Black Girl and Her Monster and Yorgos Lanthimos's ... 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 ... Fallout is about a broken man with delusions of grandeur who moves away from a woman who sees salvation in him to a woman who doesn't. This is a good conversation to have. Originally published: July 18, 2018. THE 4K UHD DISC. by Bill Chambers Paramount's 4K UHD presentation of Mission: Impossible - Fallout is …THE BLU-RAY DISC. by Bill Chambers Released in June of 2012, Warner's Blu-ray edition of A Perfect World is a good but possibly revisionist rendering of a neo-classic I remember as a vibrant study of baby-blue skies and emerald-green grass. The oft-muted 2.40:1, 1080p transfer appears to reflect, with some admitted inconsistency, a new …Babylon (2022) ZERO STARS/****. starring Brad Pitt, Margot Robbie, Diego Calva, Jean Smart. written and directed by Damien Chazelle. by Walter Chaw If it were only vile, only repulsive, it still would have been a disaster lacking insight and honesty, but at least it wouldn't also be afflicted with bathetic false modesty wet down with spasms of ...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.Fantasia Festival '23: Birth/Rebirth. ****/****. starring Judy Reyes, Marin Ireland, AJ Lister, Breeda Wool. written by Laura Moss & Brendan O'Brien. directed by Laura Moss. by Walter Chaw In this year of the distaff Frankenstein riff, sandwiched between Bomani Story's exceptional The Angry Black Girl and Her Monster and Yorgos …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...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 ... It's a horrifying distraction, because once the leads step out of their cruiser, "True Detective" becomes a showpiece for HBO's Blu-ray output. The 1.78:1, 1080p image maintains crispness, depth, mild grain, colour warmth, and the crucial chiaroscuros of nighttime crime scenes illuminated by floodlights.Akira (1988) - DVD (THX) by Walter Chaw What begins as a miracle of cinema ends as an obscure endurance test, but the visual landmarks that you pass along this strange animated journey's way make the trip one of value. Akira is two hours and five minutes of philosophical soup, a surrealistic melding of Blade Runner, X-Men, Firestarter, …Since it wasn’t too early to start enumerating some of our favorite TV shows of 2022 a couple of weeks ago, we decided it’s also not too early to take inventory of what movies we’v...Dec 2, 2021 · West Side Story (2021) ****/****. starring Ansel Elgort, Ariana DeBose, David Alvarez, Rachel Zegler. screenplay by Tony Kushner, based on the stage play by Arthur Laurents, with music by Leonard Bernstein and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. directed by Steven Spielberg. by Walter Chaw West Side Story is the perfect vehicle for all of Spielberg's ... 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 …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 …A book of film reviews by critics from FilmFreakCentral.net, published in 2005. It includes an essay on Matthew Barney's The Cremaster Cycle and a foreword by E. Elias Merhige.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 …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 …Originally published: March 29, 2021. THE 4K UHD DISC. by Bill Chambers Warner shepherds Godzilla vs. Kong to 4K UHD disc after a brief theatrical/HBO Max window. The 2.39:1, 2160p transfer is among the most flamboyant I've seen of a contemporary title with regards to its use of HDR (Dolby Vision and HDR10+) and …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.In today’s digital age, it’s easier than ever to watch movies online for free. However, with so many options available, it can be difficult to know which sites are safe and offer t...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 ... THE 4K UHD DISC. by Bill Chambers Universal brings Nope to 4K UHD disc in a 2160p transfer, complete with HDR10 encoding and a variable aspect ratio that toggles, in the fashion of DP Hoyte van Hoytema's collaborations with Christopher Nolan, between 2.20:1 and screen-filling 1.78:1 for IMAX footage. This is a handsome, refined …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 …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 ... 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.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, …Nov 19, 2023 · Napoleon (2023) **½/****. starring Joaquin Phoenix, Vanessa Kirby, Tahar Rahim, Rupert Everett. written by David Scarpa. directed by Ridley Scott. by Walter Chaw I wish Ridley Scott's Napoleon was weirder, kinkier, as perverse as it seems like Joaquin Phoenix, who plays the diminutive emperor, wants it to be. Film Freak Central. Tomatometer-approved publication. ... Even the fact that the film itself is a technical marvel, sleek perfection from start to finish, is part of the gag.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 …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 …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. Mar 19, 2021 · Zack Snyder's Justice League (2021) ****/****. starring Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill, Gal Gadot, Amy Adams. screenplay by Chris Terrio. directed by Zack Snyder. by Walter Chaw It opens with soundwaves visualized as ripples in the air--Superman's (Henry Cavill) death cry touching every part of a blasted world as the protection and decency he ... It's a horrifying distraction, because once the leads step out of their cruiser, "True Detective" becomes a showpiece for HBO's Blu-ray output. The 1.78:1, 1080p image maintains crispness, depth, mild grain, colour warmth, and the crucial chiaroscuros of nighttime crime scenes illuminated by floodlights.Oct 15, 2012 · starring Harrison Ford, Kate Capshaw, Ke Huy Quan, Amrish Puri. screenplay by Willard Huyck & Gloria Katz. directed by Steven Spielberg. INDIANA JONES AND THE LAST CRUSADE (1989) **½/**** Image A+ Sound A+ Extras C. starring Harrison Ford, Sean Connery, Denholm Elliot, Alison Doody. screenplay by Jeffrey Boam. 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 ...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 ... 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 …Laura Moss's Birth/Rebirth is the second of three distaff takes on Mary Shelley's Frankenstein set for release in 2023. As the United States reckons with a series of strikes, the loudest calls for labour reform in recent memory, these new reads of the novel, notable also for seizing on the social progressiveness of the text, seem of a piece with a cultural …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 ... 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 …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 ... The Wild West has been a source of fascination for generations, and now you can explore it in all its glory with full free western movies. From classic westerns to modern takes on ...The Wild West has been a source of fascination for generations, and now you can explore it in all its glory with full free western movies. From classic westerns to modern takes on ...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 ... Film freak central, love you pic images, mlb highlights
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 .... Film freak central
aresmangaJan 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. 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 ...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...Oct 15, 2012 · starring Harrison Ford, Kate Capshaw, Ke Huy Quan, Amrish Puri. screenplay by Willard Huyck & Gloria Katz. directed by Steven Spielberg. INDIANA JONES AND THE LAST CRUSADE (1989) **½/**** Image A+ Sound A+ Extras C. starring Harrison Ford, Sean Connery, Denholm Elliot, Alison Doody. screenplay by Jeffrey Boam. 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 ... 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 …screenplay by Jonathan Goldstein & John Francis Daley and Michael Gilio. directed by Jonathan Goldstein & John Francis Daley. CHAMPIONS. **½/****. starring Woody Harrelson, Kaitlin Olson, Ernie Hudson, Cheech Marin. screenplay by Mark Rizzo, based on the Spanish film Campeones written by David Marqués & Javier Fesser.The Wolf of Wall Street (2013) - 4K Ultra HD + Digital Code. by Angelo Muredda "For us, to live any other way was nuts," Ray Liotta's schnook turned gangster Henry Hill explains early on in Martin Scorsese's Goodfellas. With that, spoken over a montage of permed Italian men in tailored suits gorging themselves at an upscale …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 …Recent posts by Film Freak Central. Date. Unlock 53 exclusive posts and join a community of 335 members. Starting at. $5. / month. Join now. creating in-depth reviews of new films and Blu-rays.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, …If you’re interested in the latest blockbuster from Disney, Marvel, Lucasfilm or anyone else making great popcorn flicks, you can go to your local theater and find a screening comi...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.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...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 ...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 …Jul 21, 2022 · Nope (2022) **/****. starring Daniel Kaluuya, Keke Palmer, Steven Yeun, Michael Wincott. written and directed by Jordan Peele. by Walter Chaw I don't think you ever see the heroes getting hurt, but they limp around a lot, and I couldn't stop wondering why. Just because it's more dramatic to be out of breath and limpy? Join Film Freak Central on Patreon to access exclusive content and support their in-depth reviews of new films and Blu-rays. For $5 a month, you can unlock 52 posts and join a …The Film Freak Central Blog; FFC Hot Docs Blog; FFC TIFF Blog (2005-2011) ~Master Review Index~ "Miracle Mile" by Walter Chaw; Follow Us. Film Freak Central's Bookstore. January's Most-Read. FILM. Les Miserables Django Unchained The Last Stand. VIDEO Cosmopolis The Apartment Frankenweenie E-Mail Us.Jul 21, 2022 · Nope (2022) **/****. starring Daniel Kaluuya, Keke Palmer, Steven Yeun, Michael Wincott. written and directed by Jordan Peele. by Walter Chaw I don't think you ever see the heroes getting hurt, but they limp around a lot, and I couldn't stop wondering why. Just because it's more dramatic to be out of breath and limpy? 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 …Founder and editor Bill Chambers looks back on the history and evolution of Film Freak Central, a website that covers film reviews, interviews, and essays. He …screenplay by Ryoo Seung-wan, Kim Jeong-yeon. directed by Ryoo Seung-wan. by Bill Chambers Jason Yu's Sleep had me at hello. Soo-jin (Jung Yu-mi) and Hyun-su (Lee Sun-kyun) are a young couple expecting their first child. One night, out of the blue, Hyun-Su starts talking in his sleep. "Someone's inside," he says.The Little Mermaid (2023) */****. starring Halle Bailey, Jonah Hauer-King, Daveed Diggs, Melissa McCarthy. screenplay by David Magee. directed by Rob Marshall. by Walter Chaw I have long, disquieting thoughts about Ursula the Sea Witch's anatomy in the live-action version of Disney's The Little Mermaid. As I understand it, with octopi, the ...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 ...Wen is on vacation with her dads, aggro Andrew (Ben Aldrige) and over-thinker Eric (Jonathan Groff), at a remote cabin at the end of the world, and Leonard is soon joined by the other three horsemen of the apocalypse: Redmond (Rupert Grint), Sabrina (Nikki Amuka-Bird), and Abby (Abby Quinn). Do you remember when the yellow Power …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.Since FILM FREAK CENTRAL is technically a Canadian website, based in southern Ontario, I wanted to take this opportunity to tell you about the 27 th annual Port Hope Vintage Film Festival. Running from September 27-29, it's a rare opportunity to see classic films--such as Top Hat, ...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.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 …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 ... In 1997, he started Film Freak Central, which was recognized by the Broadcast Film Critics Association as one of the Internet’s finest movie sites in 2009. Bill has edited and published five books under Film Freak …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. Laura Moss's Birth/Rebirth is the second of three distaff takes on Mary Shelley's Frankenstein set for release in 2023. As the United States reckons with a series of strikes, the loudest calls for labour reform in recent memory, these new reads of the novel, notable also for seizing on the social progressiveness of the text, seem of a piece with a cultural …Film Freak Central - Blade Runner 2049 (2017) Posted in 2017, 2018, 4K Ultra HD, Action, Adventure, Authors: Bill Chambers, Authors: Walter Chaw, Blu-ray Disc, Comedy, Sci-Fi, Superhero | Permalink. Please Support Film Freak Central. PATREON: Become a Patron! PAYPAL: E-Mail UsTelluride '23: Poor Things. ****/****. starring Emma Stone, Mark Ruffalo, Willem Dafoe, Ramy Youssef. screenplay by Tony McNamara, based upon the novel by Alasdair Gray. directed by Yorgos Lanthimos. by Walter Chaw Ex Machina by way of Anaïs Nin, Yorgos Lanthimos's Poor Things is a libertine exercise-cum-fable about the …Apr 17, 2022 · FILM FREAK CENTRAL: One of the things that's so insidious about organized religion is that it purports to have the corner on morality, faith, and grace--that without it, those things are impossible or false. It's absolutely evil. 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 …Apr 26, 2023 · Evil Dead Rise (2023) ***/****. starring Lily Sullivan, Alyssa Sutherland, Gabrielle Echols, Morgan Davies. written and directed by Lee Cronin. by Walter Chaw Lee Cronin's Evil Dead Rise is mean. It's that scene from The Exorcist (1973) where little Regan McNeil masturbates with a crucifix and then shoves her mom's face into her crotch mean. 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 …As seen in: Film Freak Central, The New York Times, MSN (US), Post Outlook, NPR, Flipboard, Newsday, Vulture, RogerEbert.com, WBUR-FM (Boston, MA), …You probably pay a visit to your local movie theater every once in a while. The concession snacks, the soft seats, the big screen — it’s a fun night out that people have been enjoy...****/**** Image A Sound A Extras A- story adaptation Ted Sears, Richard Creedon, Otto Englander, Dick Richard, Earl Hurd, Merrill De Maris, Dorothy Ann Blank, Webb Smith supervising director David Hand by Bill Chambers Walt Disney was shooting for the moon with 1937's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, not just his first but the first …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 ...***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 …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 ... 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 ...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 …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. 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 22, 2023 · starring Margot Robbie, Ryan Gosling, America Ferrera, Will Ferrell. written by Greta Gerwig & Noah Baumbach. directed by Greta Gerwig. by Walter Chaw Margot Robbie is so good in good movies--and she's also in Greta Gerwig's smug, self-congratulatory, painfully obvious, subtext-free screed Barbie, playing Mattel's signature doll-for-girls ... THE CABIN IN THE WOODS */**** starring Kristen Connolly, Chris Hemsworth, Anna Hutchison, Fran Kranz screenplay by Joss Whedon & Drew Goddard directed by Drew Goddard LOCKOUT **/**** starring Guy Pearce, Maggie Grace, Vincent Regan, Peter Stormare screenplay by Stephen Saint Leger, James Mather & Luc …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 …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, …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 ... The Matrix Resurrections (2021) ½*/****. starring Keanu Reeves, Carrie-Anne Moss, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Neil Patrick Harris. screenplay by Lana Wachowski & David Mitchell & Aleksandar Hemon. directed by Lana Wachowski. by Walter Chaw I guess I wouldn't mind that The Matrix: Resurrections (hereafter Matrix 4) is so stupid if it didn't …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. - Film Freak Central. Read More | Posted Oct 27, 2023. 3.5/4. Priscilla (2023) Priscilla is a Sofia Coppola joint; if it's predictable, at least it's predictably great. - …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.Briony says it came with a huge amount of shame and was extremely difficult to manage given the body needs food to survive. "It's like having to take a tiger out for a …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 ... click any image to enlarge ***/**** Image A Sound A+ Extras C+ 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 …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.Tubi TV is a streaming service that offers a wide variety of movies and TV shows for free. 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