People, am I getting soft on my film criticism? From enjoying Greatest Showman to giving Killing of a Sacred Deer a positive review, here I go again with Annihilation, written (from a Jeff VanderMeer novel) and directed by Alex Garland. During the flick, in the multiple sweater wrapped comfort of the refrigerator known as Siesta… Continue reading Annihilation of My Cynical Ways
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Tom Cruise shouldn’t be a punchline: Edge of Tomorrow
You shouldn’t wait till the Edge of Tomorrow to see this film. See it on the brink of today. And let’s discontinue the Scientology jokes, shall we? Tom Cruise not only chooses again and again self-deprecating characters (think his rotund balding exec from Tropic Thunder to the frightened military officer in this film), but delivers… Continue reading Tom Cruise shouldn’t be a punchline: Edge of Tomorrow