Tag: christoph waltz
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Review: Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio
By Christian DiMartino We have gotten three Pinocchio adaptations over the course of two years. Why? I don’t know, I guess some filmmakers just want to take a stab at it. One was a live-action, Italian version released in 2020; the technical aspects were pretty remarkable, but the movie was nightmare fuel. The second Pinocchio…
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Review: The French Dispatch
Wes Anderson’s The French Dispatch feels like the blueprint of a great Wes Anderson comedy. Those of us who enjoy his films know that they each have a distinct look, feel, and style; when we watch a Wes Anderson movie, we know we’re watching a Wes Anderson movie (see: The Royal Tenenbaums, Fantastic Mr. Fox,…
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My bond with… Bond: Spectre (2015)
After the hugely successful and Oscar winning (the first Bond film to win an Oscar since Thunderball) heights of Sam Mendes’ Skyfall, Mendes was brought back in three years later for the hotly anticipated Spectre. Even six years later, I get the sense that the jury is still out on this movie. I know people…
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Review: Rifkin’s Festival
By Christian DiMartino Woody Allen’s… 49th (?) feature Rifkin’s Festival has yet to be released in the United States yet. Seeing as the majority of the United States have turned their back on him, and with the recent release of that Farrow propaganda malarkey Allen v. Farrow, chances are we won’t be seeing it for…
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Review: The Legend of Tarzan
By Christian DiMartino The Legend of Tarzan is a film that is easy to watch while you’re watching it, but yet when you think about it as a whole, it falls apart. It’s a shame too. It works in stretches, but yet too much of it doesn’t. It’s something of a missed opportunity. Granted, some…
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Great Movies: Inglourious Basterds
By Christian DiMartino With Quentin Tarantino’s The Hateful Eight around the corner, it seems like a fitting time to review one of his masterpieces. Tarantino is one of the greatest filmmakers we have. He has a brilliant knack for dialogue and for what we, as filmgoers, want from an experience. He also almost always wants his…
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