WONKA (2023)
"it is all downhill from those first possibly promising 10 minutes"
Read MoreWITHOUT FILM, SOMETHING SLEEPS INSIDE US AND SELDOM AWAKENS. THE SLEEPER MUST AWAKEN.
"it is all downhill from those first possibly promising 10 minutes"
Read More“Being a worthy story does not a good movie make”
Read More“extremely emotionally manipulative but without completely sacrificing its worthiness”
Read More“a tremendous adaptation/update of the classic tale.”
Read More“dwelled in the sober reality of the human condition with wit and guile”
Read More“we are stuck with 4 unlikable people in a confined space”
Read More“Jack Ryan 2.0, who’s more angsty and Wickian/Jack Reacher-ey...I guess”
Read More“They took all the good will, expectation, excitement and hope from the best DCU film to date and gratuitously squandered it.”
Read More“reliance on jump scares when some of the mood setup is creepily effective was a mistake”
Read More“Its action is vital and naturalistic”
Read More“ballsy violent expressionism”
Read More“it doesn’t fly far above the witchy tree line”
Read More“there was no way back to happiness or normality until the bottom was reached”
Read More“breathes life into hardened lungs”
Read More“It is a good movie, but I did not see the amazement or teary-eyed bliss that so many others do”
Read More“Such potential for this one, but the true mercy was that this film didn’t last too long”
Read More“It isn’t reinventing the wheel, but it is retreading the tires a bit”
Read More“The Wife was one good performance (mostly...probably) in a workmanlike “okay” slog.”
Read More“A tasty bit of popular cinema but with an artist’s eye and independent panache “
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