Tag: ethan hawke
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Review: The Black Phone
Scott Derrickson’s The Black Phone stars Ethan Hawke as a child murderer, and it’s based on a short story by Joe Hill, who happens to be the son of Stephen King. As horror goes, on paper, this sounds like a home run. On the screen, it’s an adaptation of a short story that is well…
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Feelin’ Spooky: Sinister (2012)
Horror movies have come a long way. It felt like there was a stretch of about 15 years or so where so many PG-13 atrocities came along to draw teenagers in. In recent memory we’ve had movies like The Conjuring, Get Out, Hereditary, and The VVitch that have pretty much changed the game, but for…
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Review: Tesla
By Christian DiMartino There are a lot of biopics out there. Some attempt to do something unique with the story they’re given, rather than just telling the story as it was. Others just tell the story like it is. It’s easy to see why someone would tell a story like The Theory of Everything the way they…
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Review: The Magnificent Seven
By Christian DiMartino Antoine Fuqua’s The Magnificent Seven is a remake of a classic western named The Magnificent Seven. That film, made in 1960, was a remake of a Japanese film called Seven Samurai. Hmm. A remake within a remake. So, basically, Fuqua’s film is “Remake-ception.” To further: it’s unnecessary. But that’s not to say the film is without its pleasures.…
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Film Confessions: Dead Poets Society
*Spoiler alert* By Christian DiMartino This is my “Film Confessions” Segment, in which I shall discuss things that, well, I know I will get judged for. So, for starters, I am going to rip the band-aid clean off and say… I do not like Dead Poets Society… and here comes the angry mob. I have an…
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