Tag Archives: Michael Fassbender

Film Review: DARK PHOENIX

Posted on June 10, 2019
Written by: Victoria Alexander

The  homoerotic farewell to what the X-MEN has really been about – the unresolved passion between Xavier and Magneto. The competition between the Marvel and DC superheroes has stalled at Everest’s Base Camp 4. Who will get to the top … Continue reading →

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Film Review: “Dark Phoenix” Burns Itself Down

Posted on June 6, 2019
Written by: Christopher Llewellyn Reed

Dark Phoenix (Simon Kinberg, 2019) 1½ out of 4 stars. There is nothing wrong with Dark Phoenix that a coherent plot – and, even more important, logical placement of the film within the larger X-Men cinematic universe – wouldn’t fix. Since script is everything, … Continue reading →

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Film Review: The Android’s the Thing, in “Alien: Covenant,” for Better and for Worse

Posted on May 18, 2017
Written by: Christopher Llewellyn Reed

Alien: Covenant (Ridley Scott, 2017) 2½ out of 4 stars. The original Alien (Ridley Scott, 1979) masterfully blended science fiction and horror, taking the conventions of monster movies and setting them on a lonely spacecraft in a galaxy far, far … Continue reading →

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Film Review: “The Light Between Oceans”

Posted on September 2, 2016
Written by: Christopher Llewellyn Reed

The Light Between Oceans (Derek Cianfrance, 2016) 2½ out of 4 stars Shot by Australian cinematographer Adam Arkapaw (Macbeth), The Light Between Oceans is a visually sumptuous film, where the land and the sea (particularly the latter) are dramatis personae unto themselves, embracing … Continue reading →

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