Directed by Andy Muschietti It Chapter Two is a strange, long mess of a horror movie that is nevertheless at times effective and affecting. It tells the back end of the story begun in It (2017), with the Losers Club more than a little grown up. Where they were just children in the first film, with … Continue reading It Chapter Two (2019)
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X-Men: First Class (2011)
Directed by Matthew Vaughn I quite enjoyed X-Men: First Class back when it first came out simply because it's fun. It walks the line between dramatic and funny, combining the Cuban Missile Crisis and the always fun threat of nuclear war with "team up" montages and the same sense of fun as you would find … Continue reading X-Men: First Class (2011)
Glass (2019)
Directed by M. Night Shyamalan I loathed this movie, so much so that rather than assuming it's shoddily put together it must just be that it's not for me. I also didn't much care for Split (2016), so perhaps my complaints are a case of me barking up the wrong tree. M. Night Syamalan's Glass is as … Continue reading Glass (2019)
Split (2016)
Directed by M. Night Shyamalan Split is noteworthy because it's an M. Night Shyamalan movie, the second in this horror-rebirth portion of his career following 2015's The Visit. After a hot start to his career with The Sixth Sense, Unbreakable, Signs and to some extent even The Village, Shyamalan's career tailed off as his films became more of a slog to get … Continue reading Split (2016)