Beauty and the Beast (2017)
“Who could ever learn to love a beast?” There’s a reason that the 1991 Disney film was the only animated movie ever nominated for Best Picture up until the category […]
Category Archives: Fantasy
Kong: Skull Island (2017)
“That was an unconventional encounter.” In more ways than one, Kong: Skull Island serves as a direct counterpoint to 2014’s dark and grounded Godzilla. This is an extremely loud film, both in its levels […]
The Great Wall (2017)
“At least here we have a common goal.” During most of the press junkets for this film, Matt Damon was posed a similar question time and time again, always revolving […]
Girl Asleep (2016)
“Don’t spoil it now by speaking.” If you were to huff and puff away at the hallucinogenic pipe of Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland and ash the embers inside the awkward teenage […]
A Monster Calls (2016)
“It begins like so many stories.” Somewhere inside A Monster Calls lives one of the most complex stories of the year, a love letter to mothers and an embodied depiction of coping mechanisms. But […]
Assassin’s Creed (2016)
“If we eradicate free will, we eradicate the assassins.” History suggests that helming the film version of a video game is a kamikaze conquest. And I believe with all of my inner […]
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016)
“Don’t go gettin’ attached. He’s gonna have to be obliviated.” The worldwide phenomenon of the Harry Potter franchise is the direct result of personal attachment. We cared about those characters. We came […]
Doctor Strange (2016)
“Who are you in this vast multiverse, Mr. Strange?” As a response to the above quote, and with Robert Downey Jr.’s impending departure from their manger, it’s clear Marvel wants their […]
Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children (2016)
“This isn’t even the fun part.” Like so many YA fantasies being brought to the screen of late, Miss Peregrines’s Home for Peculiar Children has too much scope to be understood in […]
Pete’s Dragon (2016)
“You’re very brave.” Here is one of 2016’s most beautifully captured films, itself an ode to the joys of fever pitch childhood summers and a testament to the power of […]
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