As of right now, Peter Jackson‘s misbegotten King Kong remake (’05) has been officially forgotten and erased from mass consciousness. You can never trust trailers, of course, but Jordan Vogt-Roberts‘ Kong: Skull Island (Warner Bros., 3.10.17) seems to be a superior creation. Clearly. Apocalypse Kong with a super-plus-sized ape — 70 or 80 feet tall as opposed to the 25 foot tall creature from the 1933 original. I love the vibe of this thing — it looks like wall-to-wall dessert.
To my great surprise and delight, Christy Hall‘s Daddio, which I was remiss in not seeing during last year’s Telluride...
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7:45 pm: Okay, the initial light-hearted section (repartee, wedding, hospital, afterlife Joey Pants, healthy diet) was enjoyable, but Jesus, when...
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It took me a full month to see Wes Ball and Josh Friedman‘s Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes...
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Unless Part Two of Kevin Costner‘s Horizon (Warner Bros., 8.16) somehow improves upon the sluggish initial installment and delivers something...
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For me, A Dangerous Method (2011) is David Cronenberg‘s tastiest and wickedest film — intense, sexually upfront and occasionally arousing...
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