Posts Tagged ‘peter’
Love Bug
The craziness is contagious in this claustrophobic, unsatisfying thriller.Kristian Lin
Purely from an intellectual standpoint, the existence of Bug tickles me. I love how it starts out as a kitchen-sink indie drama and then turns into something weirder and more menacing halfway through.
Angry Spider
The wall-crawler’s third film tries to do too much, but it’s fascinating all the same.Kristian Lin
The last shot of Spider-Man 2 was a close-up of MJ Watson (Kirsten Dunst) as she watched her beloved superhero web off into the distance, with mixed emotions all over her face.
Potter Books
The creator of Peter Rabbit remains flat on the page in this stuffy biopic.Kristian Lin
Remember last week when I praised Notes on a Scandal as an antidote to what I called “tea-and-crumpets” British cinema?
Lord of the Wings
Big TicketWhen it came out in 1980, Airplane! was considered frenetically paced for a comedy film.
Homing Instinct
Kristian LinI’ll start with a not terribly revealing confession: I managed to get through childhood without any meaningful contact with Lassie. I never read Eric Knight’s 1940 novel Lassie Come-Home, and I never saw the 1943 Hollywood ...