‘Horizon,’ Where Art Thou?

July 8, 2024

jmunney Cinema, Movie Reviews Abbey Lee, Alejandro Edda, Angus Macfadyen, Austin Archer, Charles Halford, Chase Ramsey, Colin Cunningham, Dale Dickey, Dalton Baker, Danny Huston, Douglas Smith, Elizabeth Dennehy, Ella Hunt, Etienne Kellici, Georgia MacPhail, Giovanni Ribisi, Gregory Cruz, Hayes Costner, Horizon, Horizon: An American Saga, Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 1, Isabelle Fuhrman, James Russo, Jamie Campbell Bower, Jeff Fahey, Jena Malone, Jon Beavers, Kevin Costner, Larry Bagby, Luke Wilson, Michael Angarano, Michael Rooker, Naomi Winders, Owen Crow Shoe, Sam Worthington, Scott Haze, Sienna Miller, Tatanka Means, Tim Guinee, Tom Payne, Wasé Chief, Will Patton Leave a comment

CREDIT: Warner Bros. Pictures/Screenshot

Starring: Kevin Costner, Sienna Miller, Sam Worthington, Michael Rooker, Danny Huston, Jena Malone, Michael Angarano, Abbey Lee, Jamie Campbell Bower, Jon Beavers, Owen Crow Shoe, Tatanka Means, Luke Wilson, Ella Hunt, Tom Payne, Georgia MacPhail, Will Patton, Isabelle Fuhrman, Jeff Fahey, Gregory Cruz, Scott Haze, Angus Macfadyen, Etienne Kellici, Charles Halford, Dale Dickey, Wasé Chief, Elizabeth Dennehy, Hayes Costner, Alejandro Edda, Tim Guinee, Colin Cunningham, James Russo, Douglas Smith, Larry Bagby, Dalton Baker, Chase Ramsey, Naomi Winders, Austin Archer, Giovanni Ribisi

Director: Kevin Costner

Running Time: 181 Minutes

Rating: R

Release Date: June 28, 2024 (Theaters)

Many of my movie reviews operate by a simple question. And it goes a little something like this: do I want to have the sort of life portrayed in the movie that I’m reviewing? And so, now that I’ve seen Chapter 1, it must be asked: would I like to live in Horizon? Eh, I can pretty confidently say, “No, thanks.” I’ll see if I can summon back up some interest for Chapters 2-4. Maybe if it turns out the whole story was based in-universe on the drawings of the dopey English couple, then I’ll be satisfied.

Grade: Too Many Horizonites in the Horizon Spoil the Western Broth

‘Last Night in Soho’ and ‘Antlers’ Double Review: What Tricks and Treats Await Under the Surface?

October 28, 2021

jmunney Cinema, Movie Reviews Amy Madigan, Antlers, anya taylor-joy, Diana Rigg, Edgar Wright, Graham Greene, Jeremy T. Thomas, Jesse Plemons, Keri Russell, Last Night in Soho, Matt Smith, Michael Ajao, Rita Tushingham, Rory Cochrane, Sawyer Jones, Scott Cooper, Scott Haze, Synnøve Karlsen, Terence Stamp, Thomasin McKenzie 2 Comments

CREDIT: Kimberley French/20th Century Studios; Parisa Taghizadeh/Focus Features

Last Night in Soho

Starring: Thomasin McKenzie, Anya Taylor-Joy, Matt Smith, Terence Stamp, Michael Ajao, Diana Rigg, Rita Tushingham, Synnøve Karlsen

Director: Edgar Wright

Running Time: 116 Minutes

Rating: R for Some Bloody Knife Violence and a Few Moments of Sex and Drugs

Release Date: October 29, 2021 (Theaters)

Antlers

Starring: Keri Russell, Jesse Plemons, Jeremy T. Thomas, Graham Greene, Scott Haze, Rory Cochrane, Amy Madigan, Sawyer Jones

Director: Scott Cooper

Running Time: 99 Minutes

Rating: R for Unflinching, Bloody Gruesomeness

Release Date: October 29, 2021 (Theaters)

Last Night in Soho and Antlers are both arriving in theaters on Halloween 2021 Weekend, and I happened to see both on the same day, so I figured I might as well go ahead and review them together. Neither one is your traditional franchise fright flick, though they do share a well-considered approach to presenting their scares, so they’re worth giving a spin at the old multiplex if you happen to be in the right mood.

This Is a Movie Review: Venom

October 28, 2018

jmunney Cinema, Movie Reviews Eddie Brock, Jenny Slate, Michelle Williams, Reid Scott, Riz Ahmed, Ruben Fleischer, Scott Haze, Tater tots, Tom Hardy, Venom Leave a comment

CREDIT: Sony Pictures

How do you make a gelatinous black alien goo-villain like Venom the hero of your movie? As the makers of Venom have decided, you have it (him?) fall in love with Eddie Brock (Tom Hardy). Although, it’s not so much love as it is deep platonic friendship. But maybe developing a deep platonic friendship is a kind of falling in love? Whatever you call it, it works.

Overall, this movie is filled with delights because of its unerringly playful approach. That applies to the action scenes, with Venom’s fluid presence shooting out in unpredictable directions. It of course applies to the back-and-forth repartee between Eddie and Venom inside his head. (Wisely, a few other key characters are aware of what is going on during these conversations, but that doesn’t make them look any less insane.) And it absolutely applies to Eddie/Venom’s constant attempts to figure out how to feed their ravenous hunger. And then there’s that tongue. Oh yeah, that tongue. We could’ve used more of the tongue, honestly. But Venom, and Venom, is more than just that tongue, and it’s better for it.

I give Venom 400 Tater Tots out of 500 Host Bodies.

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