Last weekend I went to see Guillermo del Toro's new film, The Shape of Water. I didn't know what to expect going into it. Trailers made it look like a slightly spooky story -- perhaps a conspiracy tale? -- about a mysterious alien creature. That is the basis of the movie, but what the trailers failed to capture… Continue reading “The Shape of Water” Review: An Alien Fairytale
James Mangold's Logan is not like other X-Men movies. While I have enjoyed the X-Men series overall, I'm not the biggest fan, I don't know the lore well, and I've never cared much for Wolverine's gruff character. But that's exactly why I was excited to see Logan. I had heard it was different, and it is.… Continue reading 5 Things I Loved about “Logan”
Over the weekend I saw the movie Arrival, starring Amy Adams as a linguist who essentially saves the world from itself. *Minor spoilers, not major ones, to follow. :) Arrival is a first contact movie most of all. When 12 mysterious spaceships show up on various parts of the globe, each housing two aliens, it's impossible… Continue reading How a Linguist Saves the World in “Arrival” (*Minor Spoilers)
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