Tag: films
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Review: Infinity Pool
By Christian DiMartino Director Brandon Cronenberg is the son of David Cronenberg, a master of the audacious, bizarre, and disturbing (The Fly, Crash, Naked Lunch). Brandon also made Possessor back in 2020, which was a grisly, unnerving experience. Alexander Skarsgard is an actor who I’m now convinced will do anything, no matter what the strange…
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Review: The Son
By Christian DiMartino Sheesh. Florian Zeller’s The Father was not only the best movie of 2020, but it’s among my favorites of the decade so far. The film, an upsetting and dizzying, yet moving depiction of dementia, earned Anthony Hopkins an Oscar, as well as Zeller and his co-writer Christopher Hampton for Adapted Screenplay. Zeller…
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Christian’s Christmas: The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992)
By Christian DiMartino Alright, I’m sure those who are unaware are ready for a laugh. BUT… of all the adaptations of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol… George C. Scott did one, Alistair Sim did one, Jim Carrey did one, Albert Finney did one (perhaps the most underrated), there have been a number of reiterations of…
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Christian’s Christmas: Jack Frost (1998)
By Christian DiMartino Imagine hiring one the most talented, funny actors in Hollywood to provide the voice of a creepy, CGI snowman. Not just a creepy, CGI snowman though: a creepy CGI snowman who doesn’t get much in the way that’s funny to say or do. Of course I’m talking about Michael Keaton, and the…
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Christian’s Christmas: A Christmas Story Christmas (2022)
By Christian DiMartino Christmas! I can’t believe it’s almost Christmas. It really doesn’t feel like it. Like I’ve had my tree up since early November (judge away) and the last few weeks have been a blur. I’ve even been slacking on my Christmas movie viewings. I typically try not to do more than one post…
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Review: The Whale
By Christian DiMartino By now you’ve probably heard about the acclaim that Brendan Fraser has been receiving for Darren Aronofsky’s The Whale. The film premiered at the Venice Film Festival, where he received quite the ovation, shooting him to the front of the Best Actor Oscar race. I like him a lot, and always have,…
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Review: Empire of Light
By Christian DiMartino Sam Mendes’ Empire of Light is a curious experience. The movie begins well, features splendid performances, is beautifully filmed by Roger Deakins, is immaculately scored by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross. Everything appears to be in its right place, but ultimately it doesn’t hang together as a movie. It’s like looking at…
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Review: White Noise
By Christian DiMartino Noah Baumbach’s White Noise is a movie I thoroughly enjoyed, and I’m well aware that you may not. It’s certainly an acquired taste- from beginning to end, Baumbach takes you on a very strange, disorienting journey that I truly couldn’t predict, and it poses many questions and doesn’t present many answers. It’s…
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Review: Avatar: The Way of Water
By Christian DiMartino Allow myself to quote myself, in my initial review of James Cameron’s Avatar from earlier this year: “Like, yeah, there’s flaws, but… f**k’em, look at what Cameron did here.” Yeaaaaaaaah, that’s pretty much where I stand with Avatar: The Way of Water. I revisited Avatar back in September and it was every…
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Christian’s Christmas: Reindeer Games (2000)
By Christian DiMartino So in all my years, I’d never actually seen Reindeer Games. Perhaps because at a young age, well, not only should I not have been watching it, but also, I was steered away from it. It was a movie we owned on VHS, and yet, my family claimed it wasn’t good. Must’ve…
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