Category: Adventure

[Fantasia 2019] DREADOUT: Video Game Creeps Confront a Gothic Indonesian Past

On By C.H. NewellIn Adventure, Caitlin Halderman, Fantasy, Film, Folklore, Horror, Mystery, Video Games1 Comment

Kimo Stamboel's video game adaptation is a creepy thrill ride, just as much as it is a confrontation of the present and a Gothic Indonesian past.

DAVE MADE A MAZE; Or, the Artist Matures

On By C.H. NewellIn Adventure, Bill Watterson, Comedy, Film, Horror, Meera Rohit Kumbhani, Nick Thune, Steven SearsLeave a comment

Dave is an artist, worried he'll never create anything significant. That is, until he makes a cardboard maze which gets out of control.

BLACK DEATH & Fundamentalist Faith

On By C.H. NewellIn Adventure, Andy Nyman, Black Death, Carice van Houten, Christopher Smith, Dario Poloni, Drama, Eddie Redmayne, Film, History, Horror, John Lynch, Medieval England, Mystery, Sean BeanLeave a comment

A monk goes with several unlikely knights to find where the BLACK DEATH has been evaded in a creepy little village, possibly harbouring witches.

CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR is Marvel’s Best Mix of Action & Character

On By C.H. NewellIn Action, Adventure, Anthony Mackie, Captain America: Civil War, Chadwick Boseman, Chris Evans, Elizabeth Olsen, Film, Jeremy Renner, Marvel, Robert Downey Jr., Sci-Fi, Sebastian Stan, Superhero Movie, Tom HollandLeave a comment

Not usually a fan of Marvel movies, this one thrilled me with exciting action & a surprisingly well-juggled ton of characters.

Inside CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE WINTER SOLDIER are Great Political-Style Action Thrills

On By C.H. NewellIn Action, Adventure, Anthony Russo, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Cobie Smulders, Comic, Film, Joe Russo, Robert Redford, Sci-Fi, Sebastian Stan, Stan Lee, Superhero MovieLeave a comment

THE WINTER SOLDIER plays less like a Marvel film, more like a political action-thriller. And that's a-okay by me!

SUICIDE SQUAD: DC’s Hot Mess

On By C.H. NewellIn Action, Adventure, Ben Affleck, Cara Delevingne, Comedy, David Ayer, David Harbour, DC Entertainment, Film, Jared Leto, Jay Hernandez, Joel Kinnaman, Margot Robbie, Sci-Fi, Suicide Squad, Viola Davis, Will SmithLeave a comment

Yuck.

VALHALLA RISING: Revisionist Arthouse Viking History

On By C.H. NewellIn Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Film, Mads Mikkelsen, Nicolas Winding Refn, Roy Jacobsen, Vikings2 Comments

Refn brings his wild sensibilities to a dark fantasy epic involving the possible course of a Viking trip to North America before anybody other than the Natives set foot on its ground.

Danny Boyle’s Sunshine Takes Its Sci-Fi Seriously

On By C.H. NewellIn Adventure, Alex Garland, Alwin H. Küchler, Chris Evans, Cliff Curtis, Danny Boyle, Film, Rose Byrne, Sci-Fi, ThrillerLeave a comment

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YXWqoEllk8 Sunshine. 2007. Directed by Danny Boyle. Screenplay by Alex Garland. Starring Cillian Murphy, Rose Byrne, Chris Evans, Cliff Curtis, Troy Garity, Hiroyuki Sanada, Benedict Wong, & Michelle Yeoh. 20th Century Fox/DNA Films/Ingenious Film Partners/MPC. Rated 14A. 107 minutes. Adventure/Sci-Fi/Thriller ★★★★1/2 Ever since first laying my eyes upon Trainspotting, I've more or less knelt at the …

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