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Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD (Quentin Tarantino) There is an easygoing nature to the way the story unfolds over the course of its first two hours (total run time 2hr 39min) before leading up to the hot, fateful night in August 1969. This is Tarantino’s love letter to the Los Angeles of his childhood and the industry that he embodies. The movie is mostly atmospheric, full of reconstructed nostalgia, like old TV shows, Manix and FBI which were the appointment TV of the time. If these had been the TV shows I grew up with, I would NEVER have become a TV junky; they looked horribly boring and gritty.…
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The Lion King
Tinsel & Tine #MiniMovieReview THE LION KING (Director Jon Favreau) “photo real” they’re not calling this one “live action” This movie was made in multiple ways – First in VR, and then animated, and then live action filmmaking techniques were used. It’s gorgeous! The production value is like “Jungle Book”, but stays closer to the look and feel of the original 1994 Lion King in many ways. Scar looks so much like the animated version down to the thin butt and raggedy ear, but he also looks so much like an actual lion. I have to do some more research on the making of, cause the blend of visuals is…
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Toy Story 4
Tinsel & Tine #MiniMovieReview TOY STORY 4 (Director Josh Cooley) The opening sequence featuring that torrential downpour was just gorgeous, and so realistic, is there nothing animation can’t do incredibly well now? There’s no doubt Toy Story 3 was a super, well-crafted piece of storytelling, not good for animation, just good, and I would say #ToyStory4 comes very near to being as involving and as well written. And this one went through some upheavals before making it to the big screen – John Lasseter, former chief creative officer of Walt Disney Animation Studios & Pixar stepped down from his position, but was allowed to finish guiding this 4th adventure with…
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MIB International
MEN IN BLACK INTERNATIONAL directed by F. Gary Gray, did manage a #1 debut opening weekend, but with a disappointing $28.5M 😒🕶️ the movie’s not so much bad, as just completely lackluster. Such a shame cause Tessa Thompson & Chris Hemsworth are so good together in Marvel flicks, not sure why the magic didn’t transfer. MIB Int’l is just one of those movies where technically, there’s nothing wrong except there’s absolutely no spark. Which is difficult for me to admit, as I always wanna support black directors getting a chance at the big franchise $$$ – Gray does a very capable job, but there’s a big missing ingredient – passion?…
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Late Night
by Le Anne Lindsay, Editor Directed by Nisha Ganatra, written by Mindy Kaling, who for a time was the only female writer on The Office and was also an intern on Conan O’Brien, so she does have a lot of reality to bring to this comedy; which shines through, allowing the movie to be more situational humor and less jokes. Although writing jokes is a big part of what a comedy writer on a late-night talk show does, and often more or less anonymously. I’ve been reading this book “Just the Funny Parts” by female TV writer Nell Scovell, she wrote on everything from “The Simpson” “Monk” ‘Newhart” “Coach” “Murphy…
