As the daughter of a British mother, costume dramas were always a thing in my movie watching repertoire and I’m more lenient on them than I should be (unlike resident critic Tim). But as the daughter of an American dad and living in America, the concept of a monarchy lived mostly in the idea of celebrities as royalty more than actual ruling monarchs. Nevertheless, I still indulge in whatever historical […]
Book-to-film adaptations are one of my favorite genres as they are usually one of the only sources for original content in a market packed with reboots and sequels. With Annihilation, Paddington 2, A Wrinkle in Time, Love, Simon, Ready Player One, Crazy Rich Asians, A Simple Favor, The House With a Clock in Its Walls, Netflix’s To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before, and Damien Chazelle’s upcoming First Man, it’s […]
Michael Moore is soon to be diving headlong back into politics with his next politically-charged documentary since 2016. Fahrenheit 11/9 (not to be confused with Fahrenheit 9/11 from 2004) tackles the Trump era in his usual comedy-meets-doomsday fashion. No matter what you might think of his documentary content or his politics, there’s no denying that films (and broadly, media) have ripple effects on politics through the effect they have on […]
It definitely feels like the winds of change are coming for women superheroes since Wonder Woman proved that a woman-directed, woman-led superhero film could, in fact, be more than just a token element among an army of white, male action heroes. They’re being taken slightly more seriously since they’re being treated with care. As Tim said in his review, “…it seems clear that at least part of why it’s so […]
Meryl Streep is clearly no slouch when it comes to acting. I think she’s even earned a couple of awards (or, you know, hundreds including three Oscars but who’s counting?). To add insult to the injury of all of our talentless lives, our girl is also amazing at singing. And probably cooking, juggling, spelunking, and calculus, too. Hashtag blessed. It seems that nobody knows just how much screentime (let alone […]
A very warm welcome from all of us at Alternate Ending to our new contributor, Catherine Clark! From Romy and Michelle to Doc and Marty and Jay and Silent Bob to Han and Chewie, the best movie duos and sidekicks are always up for debate. But I’m tired of just shipping human characters as iconic duos. (Not that I’ll ever tire of writing that Spider-Man and Shuri fanfic inspired by, […]
The 2018 novel Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens was a massive bestseller, whose 15 million copies sold make it by far one of the biggest literary successes of the 2010s and among the 100-odd bestselling novels of the last hundred years.* It’s also a book I hadn’t heard of prior to the spring of 2022, so I’m not in any position to talk about anything, but I do […]
Whit Stillman has, kind of, always been making Jane Austen adaptations: his 1990 debut, Metropolitan, is a loose reworking of Mansfield Park, in addition to mentioning Austen in the dialogue, and his entire career to this point (five movies and an Amazon pilot that didn’t get picked up, in 26 years – also a 1996 episode of Homicide: Life on the Street that he didn’t write, but how crazy would […]
Dean DeBlois, I am sorry. This whole time, through both Disney’s Lilo & Stitch in 2002 and DreamWorks Animation’s How to Train Your Dragon in 2010, we’ve all been like, “Chris Sanders is so great”, and “good for Chris Sanders, nurturing Stitch as an idea for so many years”, and “poor Chris Sanders, couldn’t make American Dog“, and generally, as animation fanciers, denigrating your contributions to those films while raising […]
It had been my intention to see a movie today and review it – you know, like I do on this movie review blog of mine. The thing is, I’ve got a cold that just will not be ignored, and so I’m allowing laziness to be the better part of valor. A quick post, and then to bed! Anyway, I’m still sore over the Worst Oscar Slate In Years (okay, […]
At first I wasn’t going to do this, but I’m ultimately a sucker for the glitziness of Teh Movies. So here are my predictions for the Oscar nominations tomorrow morning. I have decided to eschew all but a little commentary, mostly on the grounds that I haven’t been this bored by the Oscar race in all the years that I’ve been watching the Oscars. Incidentally, the fact that I’m predicting […]
How can you possibly be disappointed by a film like No Reservations? It doesn’t lie about what it is, not for a moment. “Alright kids, here’s Catherine Zeta-Jones being statuesque! Here’s Aaron Eckhart being goofy and charming! Here’s Abigail Breslin being so damn cute! And it’s all set in a kitchen!” On the other hand, not being disappointed by a film is in no way, shape or form the same […]
