Alternative Title: Dancer Lady
This movie has problems and they’re not negligible. The plot has some glaring issues, some subplots are undercooked but the action is just so good and the bones of the plot are good enough to justify the real reason you’re there: the action is just superb. So many creative and well-shot sequences with gorgeous visuals. It’s my least favorite John Wick film but it is in the pedigree, which is nice. Also a little confused on…
Alternative Title: Jardani Jovonovich
Multiple absolutely transcendent action set pieces. Unreal use of space and cinematography on top of the top tier choreography you can expect of the series. The whole film is an unending string of the coolest stuff you ever saw. I can think of a dozen absolutely iconic things and they make it feel completely effortless. What a wild, wild ride.
A Year of Cinematic Classics: Film XXVIII: Alien:
This film is on my top four. I think that warrants some explanation since I think it will probably not rank at the top of this year’s ranking. Alien is a phenomenal film and I’m doing a whole year of really great films here, but Alien is special to me. This monster captivated me since I was way too young to be seeing it, much less understand the psycho-sexual implications of such a beast.…
Alternative Title: Captain Falcon: Courageous Neo-Gaia
I’ve got real problems with this film. It’s shot pretty stock-standard Marvel, it’s got some intrusive humor, the new Falcon means nothing to me and I feel nothing with him, and the villain is pretty underwhelming.
Nonetheless, Sam Wilson played by Anthony Mackie and Thaddeus Ross played by Harrison Ford do elevate this film for me. Ford especially could have phoned it in but I adored all the references to The Incredible Hulk and while…
