Shorties #30: “Martyrs” (2008), “Oslo, August 31st”, “Man with a Movie Camera”, “Seven Psychopaths”, and “High Life”

This article will have short reviews for the following films in this order: Martyrs, Oslo, Agust 31st, Man with a Movie Camera, Seven Psychopaths and High Life. Dark and disturbing, though not necessarily scary, Martyrs (2008) subverts expectations time and time again by somehow managing to merge 4 different types of films into one. It’s quite the …

Shorties #20: “The Rover”, “Upgrade”, “Utøya 22. juli”, “Ant-Man and The Wasp”, and “Before Sunset”

This article will have short reviews of the following films in this order: The Rover, Upgrade, Utøya 22. juli, Ant-Man and The Wasp, and Before Sunset. For a long time of The Rover’s runtime, I wasn’t really sold. It wasn’t until the phenomenal third act that everything started to fall into place, and during my re-watch, I enjoyed the film …

Here’s a Cool Shot | The Childhood of a Leader

Without having heard of it before, I randomly selected a film on Netflix, called The Childhood of a Leader. I wanted to watch a film with post-Twightlit Robert Pattinson in it since he’s actually a really good actor. While he doesn’t appear often in this film, he does play a pivotal role and even without …

Oscars 2018: Predictions

Due to the fact that I don’t live in America, not all of the nominated films have come out yet, Lady Bird, for example only comes out in May and if I’d wanted to watch Phantom Thread, I’d have to drive across the country. Therefore I’ll base my predictions on the films that I’ve seen …

Why Pacing is Important to Film Part 2

A couple of months ago I wrote an article in which I pointed out the difference between a fast paced movie and a slow paced film and also gave some examples of both kinds. After having finished Good Time and Big Little Lies, I realized that I wasn’t done talking about the subject. So here’s …