Successful movies strike a balance between letting the audience know what’s going on through things like exposition or internal monologue and trusting the audience to figure things out. And, as an audience, we also want both. We want to be told where the story and characters stand, and what the rest of the film mightContinue reading “Die Hard With A Vengeance, Jurassic World Rebirth, And Trusting The Audience”
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What the ‘Mission: Impossible’ Franchise Tells Us About Tom Cruise, Filmmaking, and Movie History
With Mission Impossible: The Final Reckoning being released this weekend, now is a good time to go through the entire series. We aren’t doing a recap, review, or analysis of the series, though. Not really. What we’re doing instead is following along the entries in the franchise, ranging from 1996 to present day, and howContinue reading “What the ‘Mission: Impossible’ Franchise Tells Us About Tom Cruise, Filmmaking, and Movie History”
98 Seconds: Visual Storytelling in Rear Window
“Frankly, I hate dialogue.” That is a quote from director Denis Villeneuve, who is currently on a five-movie run of Sicario, Arrival, Blade Runner 2049, Dune, and Dune: Part Two. He is one of the best in the world at what he does, and, for him, what is on the screen holds weight in aContinue reading “98 Seconds: Visual Storytelling in Rear Window”
Five ‘Best’ Movies of 2024
Last year, there were four year-end movie posts on this blog: One for the ‘best’ movies of 2023, one for favourite movies of 2023, one for best pre-2023 movies I watched in 2023, and one for favourite pre-2023 movies I watched in 2023. We are doing the same thing for 2024, and today’s edition is the ‘best’ movies ofContinue reading “Five ‘Best’ Movies of 2024”
Five ‘Favourite’ Movies of 2024
Last year, there were four year-end movie posts here: One for the ‘best’ movies of 2023, one for favourite movies of 2023, one for best pre-2023 movies I watched in 2023, and one for favourite pre-2023 movies I watched in 2023. We are doing the same thing for 2024, and today’s edition is ‘favourite’ movies of 2024. WhenContinue reading “Five ‘Favourite’ Movies of 2024”
Five ‘Favourite’ Pre-2024 Movies I Watched In 2024
Last year, there were four year-end movie posts: one for the ‘best’ movies of 2023, one for favourite movies of 2023, one for best pre-2023 movies I watched in 2023, and one for favourite pre-2023 movies I watched in 2023. We are going to do the same thing for 2024, and today we’ll move toContinue reading “Five ‘Favourite’ Pre-2024 Movies I Watched In 2024”
Five ‘Best’ Pre-2024 Movies I Watched In 2024
Last year, there were four year-end movie posts: one for the ‘best’ movies of 2023, one for favourite movies of 2023, one for best pre-2023 movies I watched in 2023, and one for favourite pre-2023 movies I watched in 2023. We are going to do the same thing for 2024, and today we’ll start withContinue reading “Five ‘Best’ Pre-2024 Movies I Watched In 2024”
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