SDAFF '21: Drive My Car. ドライブ・マイ・カー. ****/****. starring Hidetoshi Nishijima, Masaki Okada, Reika Kirishima, Tôko Miura. screenplay by Ryûsuke Hamaguchi & Takamasa Oe, based on the short story by Haruki Murakami. directed by Ryûsuke Hamaguchi. by Walter Chaw Haruki Murakami's short story "Drive My Car" is a model of …THE 4K UHD DISC by Bill Chambers Commemorating the film's 55 th anniversary, Roman Polanski's Rosemary's Baby returns home to Paramount on 4K UHD disc after a sojourn in the Criterion Collection. Though hardly the revelatory upgrade that Criterion's 2012 Blu-ray was, this in-house 4K transfer is rock solid, whatever the …Film Freak Central. Home. Home ~Master Review Index~ Interview Index; The Film Freak Central Blog (2005-2012) Loose Frames (tumblr.) Animation January 30, 2024. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem (2023) - 4K Ultra HD + Digital Code. Note: all framegrabs were sourced from the 4K UHD discTubi TV is a streaming service that offers a wide variety of movies and TV shows for free. With so many titles available, it can be hard to know where to start. Here are some tips ...Wim Wenders's Perfect Days is about the grace of being okay when you're not okay--about living out your days for the little things in defiance of the dismal tide. Jonathan Glazer's The Zone of Interest is that dismal tide. 2023 was a marvellous year for the movies and an awful one for the human race.Oct 22, 2023 · Rosemary's Baby (1968) - 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray. by Walter Chaw Rosemary is everything. He's just Guy. It's that tension--between a woman fully actualized and a man forever frustrated, the Grail vs. the Knights of the Round Table--that serves as the tightrope in Roman Polanski's Rosemary's Baby. As portrayed by Mia Farrow, Rosemary is precious ... Super Troopers (2002) ½/****. starring Jay Chandrasekhar, Kevin Heffernan, Steve Lemme, Paul Soter. screenplay by Broken Lizard. directed by Jay Chandrasekhar. by Walter Chaw From the self-satisfied pens of LA/NY sketch comedy troupe "Broken Lizard" springs Super Troopers, fully formed like some Plutonian messenger from midnight-movie hell.We can’t believe it’s already almost April either. But there’s still a lot of 2022 ahead of us and we thought about taking a renewed look at our selection of some of 2022’s most an...starring Tom Hardy, Michelle Williams, Riz Ahmed, Scott Haze. written by Jeff Pinkner & Scott Rosenberg and Kelly Marcel. directed by Ruben Fleischer. by Bryant Frazer The history of Venom, a rippled black mass of sentient alien muscle with a 'roided-out appearance and a gnarly personality to match, is complicated even for a comic-book …Jun 30, 2020 · starring Russell Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix, Connie Nielsen, Richard Harris. screenplay by David Franzoni and John Logan and William Nicholson. directed by Ridley Scott. by Bill Chambers. Watching movies online is a great way to enjoy your favorite films without having to leave the comfort of your own home. With so many streaming services available, it can be diffic...SDAFF '21: Drive My Car. ドライブ・マイ・カー. ****/****. starring Hidetoshi Nishijima, Masaki Okada, Reika Kirishima, Tôko Miura. screenplay by Ryûsuke Hamaguchi & Takamasa Oe, based on the short story by Haruki Murakami. directed by Ryûsuke Hamaguchi. by Walter Chaw Haruki Murakami's short story "Drive My Car" is a model of …Posted in. ****/**** starring Daniel Craig, Rami Malek, Léa Seydoux, Christoph Waltz screenplay by Neal Purvis & Robert Wade and Cary Joji Fukunaga and Phoebe Waller-Bridge directed by Cary Joji Fukunaga by Walter Chaw SPOILER WARNING IN EFFECT. Cary Fukunaga's No Time to Die, the twenty-fifth canonical James Bond …Jul 12, 2022 · Originally published: March 6, 2019. THE 4K UHD DISC. by Bill Chambers Arrow has reissued their deluxe Blu-ray of Twelve Monkeys on 4K UHD disc with identical bonus features but a new 2160p transfer of the film complete with 12-bit (Dolby Vision) and 10-bit (HDR10) HDR encoding. The piercing green text that teletypes itself onto the screen ... Telluride '21: The Lost Daughter. ****/****. starring Olivia Colman, Dakota Johnson, Peter Sarsgaard, Jessie Buckley. screenplay by Maggie Gyllenhaal, based on the novel by Elena Ferrante. directed by Maggie Gyllenhaal. by Walter Chaw Leda (Jessie Buckley) is brilliant. She's translating Auden into Italian and, more than just translating, …A Walter Hill Film, Walter Chaw's critical biography of filmmaker Walter Hill (The Warriors, 48Hrs., Streets of Fire), is now available in paperback from MZS Press. Featuring photos from Hill's personal archives, introductions by James Ellroy and Larry Gross, an afterword by Edgar Wright, and cover art from the acclaimed Ganzeer, it's A …Nov 19, 2023 · Napoleon (2023) **½/****. starring Joaquin Phoenix, Vanessa Kirby, Tahar Rahim, Rupert Everett. written by David Scarpa. directed by Ridley Scott. by Walter Chaw I wish Ridley Scott's Napoleon was weirder, kinkier, as perverse as it seems like Joaquin Phoenix, who plays the diminutive emperor, wants it to be. Jan 1, 2023 · Film Freak Central is a website for film lovers and critics, run by Walter Chaw, a filmmaker and author. In his latest article, he lists his top 50 films of 2022, ranging from horror to comedy, and explains his choices with personal and cultural insights. **½/**** starring Sigourney Weaver, Felicity Jones, Lewis MacDougall, Liam Neeson screenplay by Patrick Ness, based on his novel directed by J.A. Bayona by Walter Chaw Tears are easy when the subject is the loss of a loved one. They come even when you don't particularly like the vehicle that inspires them. In the case of J.A. Bayona's A Monster …Apr 19, 2019 · starring Anya Taylor-Joy, Ralph Nelson, Kate Dickie, Harvey Scrimshaw. written and directed by Robert Eggers. by Walter Chaw Robert Eggers's The Witch details a young woman's coming-of-age as a thing of wonder and, to her Puritanical community, an incalculable and infernal threat. ***½/**** starring Annabelle Wallis, Maddie Hasson, George Young, Michole Briana White screenplay by Akela Cooper directed by James Wan by Walter Chaw James Wan's Malignant is spectacularly, unabashedly fucking nuts. Not nuts in a random way, nuts in the way Oliver Stone's The Hand is--or, more to the point, Brian De Palma's Sisters. …Originally published: March 6, 2019. THE 4K UHD DISC. by Bill Chambers Arrow has reissued their deluxe Blu-ray of Twelve Monkeys on 4K UHD disc with identical bonus features but a new 2160p transfer of the film complete with 12-bit (Dolby Vision) and 10-bit (HDR10) HDR encoding. The piercing green text that teletypes itself onto the …Aug 16, 2021 · starring Emilia Jones, Eugenio Derbez, Troy Kotsur, Marlee Matlin. screenplay by Sian Heder, based on the original motion picture La Famille Belier by Éric Lartigau. directed by Sian Heder. by Walter Chaw It says something, something terrible, that the Deaf community has expressed gratefulness for CODA because it's some kind of representation ... Nov 26, 2023 · Saltburn (2023) */****. starring Barry Keoghan, Jacob Elordi, Rosamund Pike, Richard E. Grant. written and directed by Emerald Fennell. by Walter Chaw People keep expressing in the weariest, archest way how disappointing Oliver Quick (Barry Keoghan) has turned out to be, or, if they're more passive, how they do hope he doesn't end up like the ... Apr 19, 2019 · starring Anya Taylor-Joy, Ralph Nelson, Kate Dickie, Harvey Scrimshaw. written and directed by Robert Eggers. by Walter Chaw Robert Eggers's The Witch details a young woman's coming-of-age as a thing of wonder and, to her Puritanical community, an incalculable and infernal threat. Dec 13, 2022 · starring Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Sigourney Weaver, Kate Winslet. screenplay by James Cameron & Rick Jaffa & Amanda Silver. directed by James Cameron. by Walter Chaw The discourse leading up to James Cameron's Avatar: The Way of Water (hereafter Avatar 2) has been largely about how although the first Avatar is the second-highest-grossing ... Dec 13, 2022 · starring Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Sigourney Weaver, Kate Winslet. screenplay by James Cameron & Rick Jaffa & Amanda Silver. directed by James Cameron. by Walter Chaw The discourse leading up to James Cameron's Avatar: The Way of Water (hereafter Avatar 2) has been largely about how although the first Avatar is the second-highest-grossing ... Ford Lightning is a name that resonates with truck enthusiasts and speed freaks alike. It’s a name that has become synonymous with power, performance, and style. In the early 1990s...THE DVD MGM brings Fiddler on the Roof to DVD once again, this time in a 2-Disc Collector's Edition that mainly updates the encoding of the 2001 release. Presented in a 2.42:1, 16x9-enhanced transfer, the movie itself often looks magnificent but shadow detail wanes from time to time and minor imperfections in the source print are visible in darker …Ford Lightning is a name that resonates with truck enthusiasts and speed freaks alike. It’s a name that has become synonymous with power, performance, and style. In the early 1990s...HONEY BOY ***½/**** starring Shia LaBeouf, Lucas Hedges, Noah Jupe, FKA twigs written by Shia LaBeouf directed by Alma Har'el THE LIGHTHOUSE ***½/**** starring Robert Pattinson, Willem Dafoe written and directed by Robert Eggers by Walter Chaw There is a suggestion in Alma Har'el's haunted, raw Honey Boy that the only …Since it wasn’t too early to start enumerating some of our favorite TV shows of 2022 a couple of weeks ago, we decided it’s also not too early to take inventory of what movies we’v...While it is possible to download movies from Putlocker for free, it is illegal to do so. Downloading copyrighted movies without the express permission of the copyright owner is ill...Hey, Film Freak Central and Walter in particular just recieved an official endorsement from Roger Ebert. A recent post on his blog: I absolutely love film …The Film Freak Central Blog; FFC Hot Docs Blog; FFC TIFF Blog (2005-2011) ~Master Review Index~ "Miracle Mile" by Walter Chaw; Follow Us. Film Freak Central's Bookstore. January's Most-Read. FILM. Les Miserables Django Unchained The Last Stand. VIDEO Cosmopolis The Apartment Frankenweenie E-Mail Us.The theme of Rodman Philbrick’s young-adult novel “Freak the Mighty” is the power of friendship and its ability to triumph over adversity. Max tells the “unvanquished truth” of his...Since FILM FREAK CENTRAL is technically a Canadian website, based in southern Ontario, I wanted to take this opportunity to tell you about the 27 th annual Port Hope Vintage Film Festival. Running from September 27-29, it's a rare opportunity to see classic films--such as Top Hat, ...In 1997, he started Film Freak Central, which was recognized by the Broadcast Film Critics Association as one of the Internet’s finest movie sites in 2009. Bill has edited and published five books under Film Freak …Apr 19, 2019 · starring Anya Taylor-Joy, Ralph Nelson, Kate Dickie, Harvey Scrimshaw. written and directed by Robert Eggers. by Walter Chaw Robert Eggers's The Witch details a young woman's coming-of-age as a thing of wonder and, to her Puritanical community, an incalculable and infernal threat. click any image to enlarge DEATH WISH ***½/**** Image A Sound A starring Charles Bronson, Vincent Gardenia, William Redfield, Hope Lange screenplay by Wendell Mayes, based on the novel by Brian Garfield directed by Michael Winner STONE COLD **/**** Image C+ Sound B- starring Brian Bosworth, Lance Henriksen, William Forsythe, …What Judas and the Black Messiah gets right--and what lingered with me after watching the film--is its atmosphere of literal warfare waged on America's streets between the FBI and the Black Panthers, whose movement promised, among other things, violent upheaval of the status quo. I've read about Fred Hampton, of course, and how even though he was …The Film Freak Central Blog (2005-2012) Loose Frames (tumblr.) Best Picture (Academy Awards) March 31, 2022. Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022) ****/**** starring Michelle Yeoh, Stephanie Hsu, Ke Huy Quan, Jamie Lee Curtis written and directed by Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert.With the rise of streaming services like Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon Prime, it’s easy to forget that there are still plenty of great movies available to watch online for free. YouTub...starring Taylor Russell, Timothée Chalamet, Mark Rylance, Michael Stuhlbarg. screenplay by David Kajganich, based on the novel by Camille DeAngelis. directed by Luca Guadagnino. by Walter Chaw Luca Guadagnino's Bones and All is every single thing I like packed into one film: a swooning gothic romance; a gory and …starring Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Billy Burke, Peter Facinelli. screenplay by Melissa Rosenberg, based on the novel by Stephenie Meyer. directed by Catherine Hardwicke. by Bryant Frazer Author Stephenie Meyer says she wrote her first novel, Twilight, in three months' time, after the central idea came to her in a dream.Apr 8, 2023 · screenplay by Jonathan Goldstein & John Francis Daley and Michael Gilio. directed by Jonathan Goldstein & John Francis Daley. CHAMPIONS. **½/****. starring Woody Harrelson, Kaitlin Olson, Ernie Hudson, Cheech Marin. screenplay by Mark Rizzo, based on the Spanish film Campeones written by David Marqués & Javier Fesser. Boston Underground Film Festival '23: The Angry Black Girl and Her Monster. The Boston Underground Film Festival runs from March 22-March 26, 2023. Click here for more info. by Walter Chaw Vicaria (Laya DeLeon Hayes) is a 17-year-old STEM wunderkind who has a theory--one she shares with the mad oncologist of Darren Aronofsky's The Fountain ...Oct 15, 2012 · starring Harrison Ford, Kate Capshaw, Ke Huy Quan, Amrish Puri. screenplay by Willard Huyck & Gloria Katz. directed by Steven Spielberg. INDIANA JONES AND THE LAST CRUSADE (1989) **½/**** Image A+ Sound A+ Extras C. starring Harrison Ford, Sean Connery, Denholm Elliot, Alison Doody. screenplay by Jeffrey Boam. TIFF '21: Flee. by Angelo Muredda The past is as fluid as the rotoscoped animation used to bring it to life in Jonas Poher Rasmussen's Flee, a high-concept work of creative nonfiction whose unconventional style promises an immersiveness it can't really deliver. Rasmussen's animated documentary profile of his childhood friend, pseudonymously ...Originally published: March 29, 2021. THE 4K UHD DISC. by Bill Chambers Warner shepherds Godzilla vs. Kong to 4K UHD disc after a brief theatrical/HBO Max window. The 2.39:1, 2160p transfer is among the most flamboyant I've seen of a contemporary title with regards to its use of HDR (Dolby Vision and HDR10+) and …Air (2023) */****. starring Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, Jason Bateman, Viola Davis. written by Alex Convery. directed by Ben Affleck. by Walter Chaw The irony of a film celebrating the taking of chances being so absolutely afraid to take any chances is so conspicuous it feels a little like bullying to point it out, but here goes: Ben Affleck's Air ...Super Troopers (2002) ½/****. starring Jay Chandrasekhar, Kevin Heffernan, Steve Lemme, Paul Soter. screenplay by Broken Lizard. directed by Jay Chandrasekhar. by Walter Chaw From the self-satisfied pens of LA/NY sketch comedy troupe "Broken Lizard" springs Super Troopers, fully formed like some Plutonian messenger from midnight-movie hell.Oct 9, 2023 · Priscilla (2023) ***½/****. starring Cailee Spaeny, Jacob Elordi, Dagmara Dominiczyk. based on the book Elvis and Me by Priscilla Presley with Sandra Harmon. written and directed by Sofia Coppola. by Walter Chaw Sofia Coppola takes a lot of heat for making movies about what she knows. This strikes me as peculiar, because I don't really have ... THE 4K UHD DISC by Bill Chambers Commemorating the film's 55 th anniversary, Roman Polanski's Rosemary's Baby returns home to Paramount on 4K UHD disc after a sojourn in the Criterion Collection. Though hardly the revelatory upgrade that Criterion's 2012 Blu-ray was, this in-house 4K transfer is rock solid, whatever the …You probably pay a visit to your local movie theater every once in a while. The concession snacks, the soft seats, the big screen — it’s a fun night out that people have been enjoy...The Wild West has been a source of fascination for generations, and now you can explore it in all its glory with full free western movies. From classic westerns to modern takes on ...Zack Snyder's Justice League (2021) ****/****. starring Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill, Gal Gadot, Amy Adams. screenplay by Chris Terrio. directed by Zack Snyder. by Walter Chaw It opens with soundwaves visualized as ripples in the air--Superman's (Henry Cavill) death cry touching every part of a blasted world as the protection and decency he ...- Film Freak Central. Read More | Posted Oct 27, 2023. 3.5/4. Priscilla (2023) Priscilla is a Sofia Coppola joint; if it's predictable, at least it's predictably great. - …Wim Wenders's Perfect Days is about the grace of being okay when you're not okay--about living out your days for the little things in defiance of the dismal tide. Jonathan Glazer's The Zone of Interest is that dismal tide. 2023 was a marvellous year for the movies and an awful one for the human race.Scream (2022) ***½/****. starring Melissa Berrera, Mason Gooding, Jenna Ortega, Neve Campbell. written by James Vanderbilt & Guy Busick. directed by Matt Bettinelli-Olpin & Tyler Gillett. by Walter Chaw Kevin Williamson and Wes Craven's Scream cycle, in terms of its influence on modern film, constitutes the most important metatext of …Mar 19, 2019 · It's perfect. Spider-Verse is the creation story of Miles Morales (voiced by Shameik Moore), a Brooklyn kid, the child of black cop Jefferson Davis (Brian Tyree Henry) and a Puerto Rican nurse, Rio (Luna Lauren Velez), who speaks to him in a lilting Spanglish. He's lotteried into a private school but feels like an outsider. ***/**** starring Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Sebastian Stan, Samuel L. Jackson screenplay by Christopher Markus & Stephen McFeely directed by Anthony and Joe Russo by Walter Chaw A fine companion piece to last summer's The Lone Ranger, with another hero whose essential goodness has become anachronistic in a world defined by …Oct 15, 2012 · starring Harrison Ford, Kate Capshaw, Ke Huy Quan, Amrish Puri. screenplay by Willard Huyck & Gloria Katz. directed by Steven Spielberg. INDIANA JONES AND THE LAST CRUSADE (1989) **½/**** Image A+ Sound A+ Extras C. starring Harrison Ford, Sean Connery, Denholm Elliot, Alison Doody. screenplay by Jeffrey Boam. Evil Dead Rise (2023) ***/****. starring Lily Sullivan, Alyssa Sutherland, Gabrielle Echols, Morgan Davies. written and directed by Lee Cronin. by Walter Chaw Lee Cronin's Evil Dead Rise is mean. It's that scene from The Exorcist (1973) where little Regan McNeil masturbates with a crucifix and then shoves her mom's face into her crotch mean.. THE SHORT FILMS OF DAVID LYNCH Image A SMission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One (2023) ****/****. starri For ’90s kids, it may come as a shock to learn that Pokémon is over 25 years old. Back on February 27th, 1996, Game Freak’s first installments in the Pocket Monsters — hence Pokémo... Founder and editor Bill Chambers looks back on the history There's a double sunrise set to a familiar John Williams motif. When Rey first wields Anakin's lightsaber, her gorgeous theme rises up like the lump in my throat. The Last Jedi feels like something entirely new: a shot across the bow in the form of a message of peace and acceptance. A leap of faith. starring Tom Holland, Zendaya, Benedict Cumberbatch,...
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