Henry is at once a shimmering, impossibly magnetic image of the mafia’s verve and a wide window into the harsh realities of organized crime; a brute and a sympath.
Anish Tamhaney
Daily Arts Writer
Film
Even as you leave, you’ll carry that with you, a small charm — an amazing grace — in your pocket.
“High Life” calls to mind “2001: A Space Odyssey” and perhaps a dystopian “Star Trek.” Rich with brilliant colors and mind-bending interstellar graphics, the film immerses the viewer in space. Puns unintended, “High Life” revolves around a black hole — an absent center representing absence itself.
In the run-up to “Avengers: Endgame,” I’m running down every movie and TV show the MCU has ever put out and ranking them based on how well they tell their stories with the means available to them. This is the final part of a four part series.
If you’re after a thoughtful and original work of art, this is not the film you’re looking for.
In the run-up to “Avengers: Endgame,” I’m running down every movie and TV show the MCU has ever put out and ranking them based on how well they tell their stories with the means available to them. This is part three of a four part series.
Unable to create multidimensional characters, and providing minimal frame of reference for the characters’ relationships, the film is nothing short of lifeless, earning itself a label as just another low-quality drama.
All in all, “The Perfect Date” is a charmless, instantly forgettable addition to the romantic comedy canon.
Some real-life stories are, simply put, too banal to be told on the screen. But in the utterly perplexing case of “The Hummingbird Project,” writer-director Kim Nguyen (“War Witch”) delivers a completely fictional story that is more banal than reality itself.
Estevez’s direction leads us nowhere compelling. At best, it’s as disorienting as his overwhelming number of characters and subplots. At worst, it’s laughable.