Directed by Rob Letterman Detective Pikachu is just about exactly what it sounds like. It's a detective thriller in a world with pokémon, and when you put those two things together you get something a lot like Zootopia. It's a diverse environment, between creatures and animals, and it turns out the bad guys are infecting these … Continue reading Pokémon Detective Pikachu (2019)
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Alita: Battle Angel (2019)
Directed by Robert Rodriguez Alita: Battle Angel takes place on what looks to be the flimsy sets of the original Total Recall (1990). These are crowded, tiny streets bustling with improbable activity. There are street markets, street urchins, bounty hunters and youth with reckless abandon. Another factor making the diverse community all the more diverse is … Continue reading Alita: Battle Angel (2019)
Upgrade (2018)
Directed by Leigh Whannell In Upgrade a man who loathes automation will have to rely on a computer in order to gain back some agency in his own life. His story, a revenge thriller in the style of John Wick (2014), becomes something more thought-provoking, even if working in well-tread territory, like Ex Machina (2015). Grey Trace (Logan Marshall-Green) … Continue reading Upgrade (2018)