A TWISTY TALE TWIXT PRIVILEGE AND DESIRE While popular film genres such as action, horror, and comedy are the more dominant categories of feature film classifications, there are a plethora of subgenres out there that help grouping movies that can be pinpointed down into a specific presentation. Perhaps the most interesting one (and peculiar) category …
ANOTHER SIDE, ANOTHER STORY In 2022, director Baz Luhrmann introduces the world of visual style of filmmaking with the release of Elvis. The movie, which starred Austin Butler and Tom Hanks as the main headliners of the feature, presented a biopic drama that centers around the life of musical sensation Elvis Presley, his stardom, his …
A WELL-ACTED DRAMA THAT STALLS MORE THAN ACCELERATES The appeal and fascination of sport motorcars has had an everlasting appeal to many for many different reasons. The adrenaline rush of high-octane speeds, the mechanisms and gears of what happens “under the hood”, the elation feeling of escapism from reality, and the powerful thrust of racing. …
A SAFE “COMFORT FOOD” ROM-COM ENDEAVOR With Hollywood studios investing money in big-budgeted tentpole features or in smaller scale artistic films (ones that are worthy of Oscar / award nominations), the subgenre of romantic comedies is left somewhere in the middle of those two extreme juggernaut film genres. Naturally, romantic comedies movies, which are both …
Many went into Wish (2023) expecting a triumphant return to classic Disney storytelling, a pure 2D-esque celebration for the studio’s 100th anniversary. It’s easy to assume this film would be a comforting, familiar hug. The truth is, Wish is a much more complex, and often divisive, viewing experience. It tries to bridge the past and …