A few months ago, I watched Midnight Special on the recommendation of a friend, and I liked it. I’d never heard of Jeff Nichols before that, but I was impressed by everything about the production, despite not being overly wowed by it. It’s definitely one of the best movies I’ve seen this year (to put that in context, I think I’ve watched about 30 – 40 movies so far in 2016. It’s October 8th, as I write this), and it’s clear to me that Nichols is a name to watch. His upcoming movie Loving, starring Joel Edgerton seems like a risky outside-of-his-box move, and feels like it Oscar-bait, but I’ll trust the guy based on the two movies of his I’ve watched now. Other than Midnight Special, last night I watched his 2012 movie, Take Shelter. I said Loving was outside of his box, and that’s based on seeing these two movies.
Month: October 2016
Movie Review: RITUAL – indie horror that’s long on talk, but worth watching.
Finally got around to watching Mickey Keating’s Ritual last night – have a look at my reviews of his other movies (Carnage Park, Darling, Pod) if the mood grabs you. If you do, you’ll find I’m mostly a fan of his work – I’m appreciative of how prolific he is too. In terms of movie production, the only person I can think of who is that busy is Clint Eastwood. It took me a while to find this movie, and although I generally avoid reading other people’s reviews, I was unlucky enough to stumble across a number of negative ratings on the web. I’m not exactly sure why.
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Movie Review: THE LAZARUS EFFECT – familiar, and badly underdeveloped, horror plot undermines a decent initial premise.
While I was watching The Lazarus Effect, I had a rough idea of what I was watching from recalling the trailers, but my perception of the movie was coloured by other movies, specifically Event Horizon. If you’ve seen both movies, you might think I’m crazy – but I didn’t say it was a fair comparison! Part of me was hoping it would be thematically similar to Event Horizon – a flawed horror movie, but one of my favourites – while the other part of me just hoped it wouldn’t suck.