The visuals are stunning—that you can probably guess. Not all are perfect: too many, intentionally, have the herky-jerky quality of a first-person shooter video game. But others have a tactility that renders the descriptor “photo-realistic” inadequate. Most movies traffic in … Continue reading AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH
What motivates an artist to return time and time again to the formative and gentle years of childhood? Is it a rejection of the adult world, the world of responsibility and accountability? Or is it a plea to the next … Continue reading THE BFG
If there is a type of indie film that has become incredibly tired and in need of a makeover, it is the adult beginner movie—the pre-mid-life crisis where someone learns to stop focusing on career and cherish the family at … Continue reading PEOPLE PLACES THINGS
Michael J. Cinema 