Category: Movie

  • Review: Terminator: Dark Fate, Motherless Brooklyn, and Parasite

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    ​Fan service, ego, and one of the best films I’ve seen all year. “Terminator: Dark Fate” “Motherless Brooklyn” and “Parasite are on deck for review this week. The biggest draw of “Terminator: Dark Fate” is the return of Linda Hamilton and Arnold Schwarzenegger to the franchise. That’s about it. The rest is formula. I did…

  • Michael Shannon and Alfonso Gomez-Rejon Interview: The Current War: Director’s Cut

    Michael Shannon and Alfonso Gomez-Rejon Interview: The Current War: Director’s Cut

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    ​Actor Michael Shannon and director Alfonso Gomez-Rejon chat with THEDHK about “The Current War”, technology, the female influences in their lives, and who their intellectual nemesis would be.  More about the film: Three brilliant visionaries set off in a charged battle for the future in The Current War: Director’s Cut, the epic story of the…

  • Review: The Current War: Director’s Cut, The Kill Team and Jojo Rabbit

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    ​This week has three films about war in one way or another with “The Current War: Director’s Cut” “The Kill Team” and “Jojo Rabbit.” “The Current War: Director’s Cut” unfortunately doesn’t do anything to distinguish itself from the countless other films we’ve had about the achievements of rich white men. While it boasts an excellent…

  • Maleficent: Mistress of Evil, Zombieland: Double Tap

    Maleficent: Mistress of Evil, Zombieland: Double Tap

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    Double sequel week! Both “Maleficent: Mistress of Evil”  and “Zombieland: Double Tap” are inferior to their predecessors. This all begs the question: Can we not just stop with the unnecessary sequels please?!  More about Maleficent: Mistress of Evil “Maleficent: Mistress of Evil” is about on par with the first, meaning mediocre when it’s at its…

  • Review: Gemini Man and Pain and Glory

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    Alas “Gemini Man” has two times the Will Smith, and yet zero quality. Meanwhile “Pain and Glory” is for Artists with a capital A and Antonio Banderas gives an amazing performance in it. It’s really too bad given that “Gemini Man” is directed by Ang Lee (one of my favorite directors). The film is as…

  • Will Smith and Ang Lee Interview: Gemini Man

    Will Smith and Ang Lee Interview: Gemini Man

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      Actor Will Smith and director Ang Lee chat with THEDHK about lessons learned over 30 years, filmmaking advancements, and risk taking. More about the film: Henry Brogan is an elite assassin who becomes the target of a mysterious operative who can seemingly predict his every move. To his horror, he soon learns that the…

  • Review: Joker (Spoiler Free)

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    “Joker” is an okay film that sandbags itself by not living up to the expectations for its namesake. The film as a whole may have been okay had it not been set in the world of Batman. This film proves that we don’t need a Joker backstory. It also proves that the filmmakers have no…

  • Review: Judy

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    “Judy” ends up being a hollow film with a glossy shell, this film makes it look like there wasn’t much to the woman behind the curtain. I think this film would have been much more successful if it fully committed to exploring Judy Garland as a symbol as opposed to an actual character, as the…

  • Review: Ad Astra and Downton Abbey

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    It’s sad and mad Brad in “Ad Astra” and the question of “what is a weekend?” still doesn’t get resolved in “Downton Abbey.” It’s sad Brad Pitt in space. That pretty much sums up “Ad Astra” so if that sounds appealing have at. I however found it unoriginal and dull. Pitt, Ruth Negga, Liv Tyler,…

  • Review: Hustlers

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    “Hustlers” isn’t a stripper movie, it’s a story of female friendship – just in an unorthodox setting. If you’re going to “Hustlers” expecting T&A, you’ll find it, but you’re missing the point of the entire rest of the film. Jennifer Lopez and Constance Wu give hurricane performances as a pair of friends. Julia Stiles, Keke…