Author: zhivana mikaila
Storyline Drama Horror Mystery a Movie “Midsommar”
One thing is certain: writer/director Ari Aster comprehends stifling dread in the most profound sense. Via a grief-soaked story of ancestral vulnerability (you can’t pick your relatives, can you?), his […]
“Girl on the Third Floor” Movie Horror Reviews
The impressive haunted house flick “Girl on the Third Floor” is just as much a machine to produce seductive imagery as it is an effective deconstruction of those blatant symbols. […]
“GoldenEye” a Movie Action Adventure
“GoldenEye” looks exactly like a James Bond film. It begins with a stunt (a bungee jump from the top of a towering dam). It tops that with an even more […]
Storyline Film Animation Family “The Boxtrolls” Movie Reviews
When I was a kid I saw both David Lean’s “Oliver Twist” and Carol Reed’s “Oliver!,” and then promptly spent a summer plowing my way through Dickens’ book, which I […]
Storyline Film Action “Fast Five” Movie Reviews
I don’t think you can take two mid-size sedans, chain them to a bank vault and haul it behind you on a high-speed chase through the streets of Rio de […]
Drama Comedy Romance a Movie “Anything Else”
The dialogue in Woody Allen’s “Anything Else” is an exercise of neurotic bravery, a defense against fear and insecurity. His characters are doubtful about their prospects in life. Careers aren’t […]
“Something’s Gotta Give” Storyline Drama Comedy Romance Film Reviews
Who’s talking here? Jack Nicholson, or the character he plays in “Something’s Gotta Give”? Maybe it doesn’t make any difference. After playing an older man entirely unlike himself in “About […]
” Girl With a Pearl Earring” a Movie Drama Romance
“Girl With a Pearl Earring” is a quiet movie, shaken from time to time by ripples of emotional turbulence far beneath the surface. It is about things not said, opportunities […]
“Dangerous Beauty” Movie Drama Romance Reviews
“The life you lead, the freedom you have–will you deny my daughters the same chance?” Not the request every mother would address to a prostitute, but “Dangerous Beauty” makes a […]
“The Frisco Kid” Storyline Comedy Action a Movie Review
Once a long time ago on the Champs Elysee in Paris, of all places, I saw “Cat Ballou” and was forever after spoiled on the subject of comic Westerns. I […]