By: Amanda Guarragi Vengeance makes people do some questionable things, but it becomes a different story when a father seeks justice for his daughter’s rape. The Pale Blue Eye works on two plains as Veteran Detective Augustus Landor (Christian Bale) investigates a series of murders with the help of a young cadet who will eventually become the world-famous author Edgar Allan Poe (Harry Melling). After … Continue reading ‘The Pale Blue Eye’ Review
By: Amanda Guarragi Alejandro González Iñárritu returns with an introspective expressionism of his own life. As an artist, one’s life is analyzed from two perspectives; through the creative mind and reality. Iñárritu covers the history of the Mexican-American bridge and the truth of his people. Silverio Gacho (Daniel Giménez Cacho) is a Mexican journalist and documentary filmmaker who prides himself on telling the truth about … Continue reading ‘Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths’ Review
By: Amanda Guarragi The story of Pinocchio has been adapted many times. Some have done it through live-action and modernized it. Others have reimagined it through the power of animation. After similar iterations, no one has altered the story and created something so poignant as Guillermo del Toro and Mark Gustafson. This version of the story is adapted from the book written by Carlo Collodi … Continue reading ‘Pinocchio’ Review
By: Amanda Guarragi When it comes to cult classics The Addams Family is one of them. Americans got to know the family as a comic in The New Yorker in 1938. After comic artist Charles Addams died in 1988, The Addams Family became public domain and has been adapted into films, television shows, and even video games. In 1991, Barry Sonnenfeld revamped The Addams Family … Continue reading ‘Wednesday’ Series Review
By: Amanda Guarragi Set in The Irish Midlands in 1862, The Wonder follows the story of a young girl who stops eating but remains miraculously alive and well. English nurse Lib Wright (Florence Pugh) is brought to a tiny village to observe eleven-year-old Anna O’Donnell (Kíla Lord Cassidy). Tourists and pilgrims mass to witness the girl who is said to have survived without food for … Continue reading ‘The Wonder’ Review
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