Inheritance movie review: ill fortune
Nothing works in this ludicrous thriller, which fails to compel us with its roster of monstrous characters. Lily Collins is woefully miscast; Patrick Warburton and Simon Pegg are criminally wasted.
Lily Collins
Tolkien movie review: it doesn’t wander, but it’s lost
This infuriatingly reductive biopic of the Hobbit author renders him as stolid and dull, and removes all the mystery and the wonder from creative inspiration. Literal-minded and free of magic.
AWFJ 2016 EDA Awards winners announced
Moonlight leads, with seven awards…
The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones review
Way to give overwrought fan fiction a bad name. No amount of fairy dust can make this bewitching.
question of the day: When does casting itself become part of a film’s humor?
What examples can you think of in which the choice of actor in a particular role adds to a movie’s joke? (Inspired by an aspect of Mirror Mirror.)
question of the day: Has the era of the female hero arrived?
Katniss Everdeen. Snow White. Lisbeth Salander. Are we finally starting to see heroine’s journeys?
Mirror Mirror (review)
It’s astonishing how little crazy one needs to bring to a movie at the moment to make it leap out as fresh and distinctive.
Mirror Mirror (trailer)
Am I getting a little Princess Bride vibe? Dare I hope?
question of the day: How many things can you find wrong with the cover of Vanity Fair’s Hollywood issue?
Too white, too thin, too interchangeable: the traditional cover featuring young talent on the rise always comes under massive scrutiny, and the ritual is now in full swing…
Abduction (review)
I’m so excited cuz it’s like Taylor Lautner made a movie just for Team Jacob! Except he’s not a werewolf or anything silly or fantasy like that — he’s a real teenager with real problems. Like being the secret child of top international spies.
