Category: Culture watch
Toy Story 4: Fun, thought-provoking, and eye-popping
by Ted Giese Toy Story 4 continues the story of Woody and his fellow toys who, at the end of Toy Story 3, were given by the college-bound Andy to a shy little girl named Bonnie. Woody struggles to adapt to life with a new…
Godzilla: King of the Monsters – A Novelty of Gigantic Proportions
by Ted Giese Godzilla: King of the Monsters is the third entry in the Warner Bros./ Legendary Entertainment Kaiju-style series based on the Godzilla and King Kong franchises. Starting with 2014’s Godzilla and 2017’s Kong: Skull Island, this new film paves the way forward for…
Aladdin – Rubbing the remake lamp for big returns
by Ted Giese Aladdin is the story of a “diamond in the rough” thief and street urchin. Living in the fictional Arabian port city of Agrabah, Aladdin is in a struggle with Jafar, the Sultan’s Grand Vizier, for control of a magic lamp and its…
In Review: Avengers: Endgame
A MARVEL of Modern Filmmaking by Ted Geise Picking up where Avengers: Infinity War left off, Avengers: Endgame begins with the aftermath following Thanos’ eradication of half of all life in the universe. The great vanishing has emotional impact and, while Thanos believed people would…
In Review: Pet Sematary
Back from the grave Directed by Kevin Kölsch and Dennis Widmyer Pet Sematary (2019) is based on the book by Stephen King and is another reimagining of King’s story previously made into a film in 1989. When Louis Creed (Jason Clarke) moves his family to…
In Review: Shazam!
Fun for Fans Shazam! from DC Entertainment/Comics is the follow-up to Aquaman (2018). On the surface it’s a silly fun little film about a teenage boy who gains mystical super powers from a wizard (Djimon Hounsou). Think wish-fulfilment fantasy. Like Aquaman it’s about as fun…
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