Terugspoel Top 40 flieks #26 – Super 8 (2011)
#26 uit my Top 40 flieks van alle tye: Super 8 (2011)
Geskryf en geregisseer deur JJ Abrams. Met Kyle Chandler, Elle Fanning, en Joel Courtney.
Does The Incredibles 2 have any relevance after a 14-year wait?
There are many that would claim that The Incredibles may just be the best Pixar film ever made (I do not fall in that camp for clarity sake but I thought it was a great film anyway). This is the Internet we are talking about so it must be true, right? It has been years. There have been tweets. There have been posts. If the Internet is to be believed, there is a large fanbase, presumably now somewhere in their 20s or 30s that anticipated the sequel to the first film with bated breath. Now, only 14 years later, we are treated to the follow-up to the 2004 classic. Will the internet masses be satiated with the return of this fantastical family in The Incredibles 2?
Hereditary is almost exactly what I am looking for in a horror film
The revival of horror on the mainstream circuit in the last couple of years is something I am certainly grateful for. The recent upsurgence has all but restored the waning audience faith in a genre long thought to have run its course among everyone except the most stalwart of fans. All of a sudden, we are reminded of what a horror experience at the cinema can be and it paves the way for new and old directors alike to explore this dark horse genre.
However, even amongst the positivity I harbour for this new movement in horror, I struggle to escape the feeling that the candidates responsible for this particular resurgence are still held back from being truly extraordinary by convention and a certain pop culture pandering. If one was charged with putting together a compilation of our current horror zeitgeist and call that collection ‘NOW that’s what I call Horror!’ one could easily place Get Out, A Quiet Place and IT on that pantheon and people would generally agree that they deserve their place. However (continuing on this metaphorical trend), if these films are our current pop-star darlings then Hereditary comes along like a fresh genre-bending band that tears through the popular imagination and shows us what a scam the pop industry has been all this time.
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom falls short but roars loud
In Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard is back as Owen and Claire, but they’ve split up and need to reconcile. They head back to the dinosaur island to rescue the doomed creatures from a volcano with a newly assembled surrogate family (but are they new? The nerds are awfully similar to Jake Johnson and Lauren Lapkus’ characters from the last movie).
Solo or: How Han doesn’t fly alone
I like to proclaim myself The Mildest Star Wars Fan in Universe™. I feel about the franchise the same way I feel about a beer every now and then, a trip to the hairdresser or a vegan meal. There are many things I am very fanatical about but Star Wars is unfortunately not one of them. Even though I am lukewarm on the franchise, I have seen all the films (except Rogue One) and I liked them for the most part. And now I find myself in the precarious position of having to review the newest film in this never-ending, ever-expanding franchise. I am going to try and approach this review from two separate lenses: the die-hard Star Wars fan and the layman casual who may or may not care about the fact that this is a Star Wars movie (that’s me).
Secrets through the looking glass – or a dirty window
It’s a rare privilege these days when you have a metal line up like the Secrets Tour provided. Better than finding that R50 note you forgot in a pair of jeans or an old jacket when payday seems so far away. This magical line-up included I AM, OneDaySky, A Fate Like Yours, Facing the Gallows and Secrets (USA) in case you were one of the few that did not hear about it.
VIDEO: A Wrinkle In Time #FliekInAfrikaans resensie
A Wrinkle In Time gaan oor kinders op ‘n interdimensionele reis na vreemde planete – maar is daar ‘n storie aan die einde van die tonnel?
Geregisseer deur Ava DuVernay.
Gerskryf deur Jennifer Lee & Jeff Stockwell – gegrond op die gelyknamige boek deur Madeleine L’Engle.
Met Oprah Winfrey, Reese Witherspoon, Mindy Kaling, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Michael Peña, Storm Reid, Zach Galifianakis, Chris Pine.