So my journey into the world of Star Wars is halfway complete, and it goes without saying that I am have truly entertained by these fantastic films, and am fully engrossed in the Star Wars universe. The final film of the original trilogy, Episode VI: Return of the Jedi, is probably by far the greatest…
Author: The Postmodern Pelican
Star Wars, Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
So it was impossible for me to resist watching the second film in the original Star Wars trilogy after being absolutely blown away with the first film. Approaching Star Wars, Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back was even more daunting that the previous film, because it is well-documented that it is the best in the…
Star Wars, Episode IV: A New Hope (1977)
One of my biggest sins as a film-lover is that I have never really watched Star Wars. It was not as if I had anything against the franchise, or that I was opposed to watching them, but it was just a matter of never getting around to seeing them. An entire franchise, with two trilogies,…
7 Chinese Brothers (2015)
This is a very tricky film. I personally loved it because everything involving Jason Schwartzman is automatically brilliant in my books, and it seems almost a yearly ritual for him to star in one of these mumblecore indie comedies as a meandering intellectual intent on finding the meaning of life, as long as, you know,…
Natural Born Killers (1994)
I was opposed to seeing this film for the longest time. As an enormous Quentin Tarantino fan, I have been reluctant to watch this film, because the idea that someone would take a script that the young, idealistic genius wrote and completely mangled it beyond recognition was a travesty, and Tarantino himself certainly agreed, because…
In the Mood for Love (2000)
It was about two years ago when my perception of cinema was completely changed, when I saw a film that broke the boundaries of what a film could make one feel. The film was Chungking Express, a bizarre and brilliant masterpiece of cinema. The mind behind that film was Wong Kar-Wai, a filmmaker who has…
Unfriended (2014)
Horror films are the only genre of cinema where there is a huge gap in regards to originality. Many horror films stick to the same cliched conventional tropes, while others are entirely original and unique and revolutionary. Unfriended definitely belongs in the realm of the latter, and is one of the most impressive horror films…
The Great Beauty (2013)
What can I say about this behemoth of a film? Finding words for something like The Great Beauty is an extraordinarily difficult task. I could list an entire dictionary of terms to explain what I felt about The Great Beauty – complex, hilarious, meaningful, brilliant, twisted. It is a film unlike any you will ever…
Inside Out (2015)
There is no doubt that animated films are some of the most brilliant and innovative pieces of filmmaking around. At the forefront of that is obviously Disney, who have ruled the animated world for nearly 100 years – can you honestly believe that Mickey Mouse has almost been around for an entire century? However, in…
The Hunger Games – Mockingjay: Part 2 (2015)
It is very daunting for me to actually criticize this film. The Hunger Games franchise has such a rabid fanbase, that praise it beyond belief. That isn’t without reason – the Hunger Games are a unique and very interesting story, and the films stick to the tone of the books perfectly. The only problem is…
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