Mune Makes Up With Mesmerizing Vibrancy

Delivering work like Ernest and Celestine, The Secret of Kells and TV show Totally Spies! (fond memories of watching it on Cartoon Network) my admiration for French animation continues with Mune, le gardien de la lune or better known in English, Mune: Guardian of the Moon. 

Detroit: An Important Story but Shaky in Execution

John Boyega as Delvin Dismukes in Detroit.

If Dunkirk showed the best of humanity in the worst of times, Detroit explores how low the level of inhumanity can get. From Academy Award winning director Kathryn Bigelow (Point Break, The Hurt Locker, Zero Dark Thirty), brings us of one of the worst riots in U.S. history in Detroit.  Racial tensions explode both figuratively and literally with buildings burning in blazes, looters running left and right, law enforcement trying to maintain the peace and racists seeing an opportunity to take matters into their own hands.

Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets Review

Here’s an example of another film that peaked my interest with the trailers but given Luc Besson’s recent reputation (Lucy, The Family, Arthur and the Invisibles) does Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets reach the heights of Besson’s earlier material like Le Femme Nikita or The Fifth Element?

Dunkirk: A Harrowing but Uplifting Story

After being blown away by the teaser and first trailer I took the Gene Siskel route and avoided everything about this movie; I didn’t look up the plot, cast, or see any further trailers and TV spots. I went into this movie blind, knowing that it was a World War II movie directed by Christopher Nolan, one of the best directors alive today. His movies, even if those that miss their mark, deliver something unique that separate’s him from your average filmmaker. Did he succeed with this movie?

The Emoji Movie: Worst Film Ever?

From the day it was announced, to the release of its teaser trailer, The Emoji Movie was met but nothing but disdain; I haven’t seen such hostility towards a Sony picture since 2016’s Ghostbusters. With a 0% on Rotten Tomatoes on the week of its premiere, now with a current 6% rotten grade, is The Emoji Movie from Sony Animation that bad?