Actor for Hire (Mizelle, 2015)
Jesse is a young, average-looking, bald guy trying to make it in Hollywood.
Jesse is a young, average-looking, bald guy trying to make it in Hollywood.
What traditions have we left by the wayside in favor of progress, and, perhaps more importantly, who have we left behind?
I chose to review the Criterion Collection version of The Game partially because I really don’t believe in a lot of the hocus-pocus digital magic over-priced Blu-ray cash-grabs, and I wanted to point at this edition and say “it didn’t affect my experience and it’s a waste of money.” It did. And it’s not. As is the case in many things, I was plain wrong.
It is a testament to film’s great storytelling that a movie about a boxer makes the big final fight second fiddle to the story of a man and his daughter.
The Mekons are bad. Like, really. honestly bad. They’ll be the first to tell you.
Here’s the twist: Spy was funny.
Fury Road has set a high bar for action films: fully realized world, fully fleshed out characters, fantastic performances, and breathtaking visuals, all going full steam ahead without wearing the audience out