The Boss Baby (2017)

by Sara Michelle Fetters - March 31st, 2017 - Movie Reviews

The Boss Baby is hardly terrible. It has moments of wit and ingenuity that are undeniably impressive, and with Baldwin reveling in playing a character so obviously in his wheelhouse I can’t say the picture is entirely devoid of laughs. That being so, I still did not enjoy watching this motion picture and, more to the point, I can’t imagine many others doing enthusiastic backflips over it. It just isn’t all that good, and honestly I don’t have anything additional I feel like adding.

The Boss Baby is hardly terrible. It has moments of wit and ingenuity that are undeniably impressive, and with Baldwin reveling in playing a character so obviously in his wheelhouse I can’t say the picture is entirely devoid of laughs. That being so, I still did not enjoy watching this motion picture and, more to the point, I can’t imagine many others doing enthusiastic backflips over it. It just isn’t all that good, and honestly I don’t have anything additional I feel like adding.

Ghost in the Shell (2017)

by Sara Michelle Fetters - March 31st, 2017 - Movie Reviews

But there are so many boneheaded creative mistakes watching them smack one into the other with such ghastly consistency frankly boggles the mind. Ghost in the Shell is a stupefying failure that’s close to unforgivable, its apparent inability to understand what it gets wrong and why a perplexing mystery even Major herself wouldn’t be able to solve.

But there are so many boneheaded creative mistakes watching them smack one into the other with such ghastly consistency frankly boggles the mind. Ghost in the Shell is a stupefying failure that’s close to unforgivable, its apparent inability to understand what it gets wrong and why a perplexing mystery even Major herself wouldn’t be able to solve.

House on Willow Street (2016)

by Sara Michelle Fetters - March 31st, 2017 - Movie Reviews

Imaginatively Gory House a Horror Haunt Not Worth Visiting A team of kidnappers, led by the aggressively determined Hazel (Sharni Vinson), plan and execute the abduction of heiress Katherine (Carlyn Burchell), setting themselves up for a major payday. But calls to the young woman’s father go continually unanswered, and as such Ade (Steven John Ward) […]

Imaginatively Gory House a Horror Haunt Not Worth Visiting A team of kidnappers, led by the aggressively determined Hazel (Sharni Vinson), plan and execute the abduction of heiress Katherine (Carlyn Burchell), setting themselves up for a major payday. But calls to the young woman’s father go continually unanswered, and as such Ade (Steven John Ward) […]

The Zookeeper’s Wife (2017)

by Sara Michelle Fetters - March 31st, 2017 - Movie Reviews

The Zookeeper’s Wife is excellent, the Zabinski’s story an important lesson in heroism that proves to be as entertainingly compelling as it is fascinatingly essential.

The Zookeeper’s Wife is excellent, the Zabinski’s story an important lesson in heroism that proves to be as entertainingly compelling as it is fascinatingly essential.

“T2 Trainspottting” – Interview with Danny Boyle

by Sara Michelle Fetters - March 24th, 2017 - Interviews

“I think it’s the voice. The voices. It’s why we started. These voices that you never hear from normally in movies. They’re unacceptable to conventional mainstream society and yet they’re crucial to us understanding the margins.”

“I think it’s the voice. The voices. It’s why we started. These voices that you never hear from normally in movies. They’re unacceptable to conventional mainstream society and yet they’re crucial to us understanding the margins.”

Life (2017)

by Sara Michelle Fetters - March 24th, 2017 - Movie Reviews

This screenplay is shockingly dumb, there’s just no other way to put it, Life more akin to a low budget ‘80s Roger Corman schlock sci-fi knockoff than it comes close to resembling a Ridley Scott or John Carpenter genre classic.

This screenplay is shockingly dumb, there’s just no other way to put it, Life more akin to a low budget ‘80s Roger Corman schlock sci-fi knockoff than it comes close to resembling a Ridley Scott or John Carpenter genre classic.

T2 Trainspotting (2017)

by Sara Michelle Fetters - March 24th, 2017 - Movie Reviews

T2 Trainspotting is a fine reunion, and while the punk portion might not be as raucous as it once was, that doesn’t mean these four men have forgotten how to rock one tiny little bit.

T2 Trainspotting is a fine reunion, and while the punk portion might not be as raucous as it once was, that doesn’t mean these four men have forgotten how to rock one tiny little bit.

Wolves (2016)

by Sara Michelle Fetters - March 24th, 2017 - Movie Reviews

Wolves shoots way too many air balls, its inability to find the basket making this dramatic teenage hoop dream nothing short of an emotionally deflated basketball nightmare.

Wolves shoots way too many air balls, its inability to find the basket making this dramatic teenage hoop dream nothing short of an emotionally deflated basketball nightmare.

“Personal Shopper” – Interview with Olivier Assayas

by Sara Michelle Fetters - March 22nd, 2017 - Interviews

“I like trying things. I like to take risks. If I ever stopped taking risks I think I’d want to stop making movies. I’d find that boring.”

“I like trying things. I like to take risks. If I ever stopped taking risks I think I’d want to stop making movies. I’d find that boring.”

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