Category: Film
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Review: Europa Report
Originally published on AwesomeFriday.ca It’s hard to know where to begin with *Europa Report*. Not because it’s bad; it’s really not. More that the measure of what it *might* have been is heavy enough to weigh the final product down. For all the talk of it being a return to real,…
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Review: Gravity
Originally published on AwesomeFriday.ca The problem with converting books into movies (or into stage shows or comics or, less frequently, games) is that the medium has certain elements that cannot be recreated. The level of depth and flow of language can only ever be from a certain perspective when flipped into…
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Review: 21 And Over
Originally published on AwesomeFriday.ca The problem with comedy is that it depends on so many subtle factors. Each of the vital elements – script, cast, direction, editing – must be both strong in itself and also interconnected with each other. When it works, it’s a beautiful thing that lifts the spirits…
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Review: Skyfall
Originally published on AwesomeFriday.ca You’ve got to feel a little sorry for Timothy Dalton. 1987’s The Living Daylights and 1989’s Licence To Kill saw him take over as iconic agent James Bond, rescuing the series from the latter campy efforts headed by Roger Moore. Dalton’s Bond was clearly a shift back towards the original spy…
Simon Best 