Tag Archives: Keira Knightley

The Nutcracker and the Four Realms (2018) Review

A HOLLOW AND SUGAR-COATED ENDEAVOR   It is a well-known fact that Disney has taken up the mantle of translating its legendary / timeless animated feature films into live-action remakes. While this staging might have had a sort of rocky start (i.e. 2010’s Alice in Wonderland and 2014’s Maleficent), the “house of mouse” has mostly refined their cinematic tastes and

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Collateral Beauty Review

COLLATERAL TRAGEDY   Love, time, and death. To some, there are just words, but to others they are important to the understanding of the human emotional condition. Everyone is always looking for love (be it a lifelong relationship or some form of companion), everyone always wishes for more time in their lives (a reflection found as a person becomes older),

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Everest Review

A TERRIFIC CINEMATIC TALE OF BRAVERY AND SACRIFICE   Movies that are “based on a true story” are somewhat tricky to pull off. For all tense and purposes, history has already catalogue the events and the accounts of the lives (whether participated or affected by) has been well-documented. It’s for that reasons why “based on a true story” movies are

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