In this week's reviews, Jane Campion evokes the tortured masculinity of 'The Piano,' Mike Mills hits the road, and Jason Reitman returns to his father's wheezing franchise.
I loved TotL, and I spent years thinking the second season never got made, and then earlier this year I discovered it actually had? I'm still not clear how I never heard about it at the time. was it that bad?
The Power of the Dog was absolutely incredible - seeing it at a festival a couple weeks ago was just one of those moments where you know beyond a doubt you're seeing one of the year's absolute best films. I was so impressed with it from beginning to end.
The heir to the Ghostbusters throne (whether or not you accept the premise that Ghostbusters ever deserved that throne - I don’t) is probably Men in Black. And even that ended up getting almost immediately run into the ground with awful sequels (3 possibly excepted) and ripoffs like RIPD.
based on this and other reviews, I'm certainly not wasting my time and money on seeing this in a theater, but I am really curious whether the movie even bothers to try and explain how the Ghostbusters seem to have been forgotten so quickly?
It’s unclear in AFTERLIFE if GB2 is canon. The first one gets referenced (slavishly) and there’s a kind of hand waving about there being a bunch of NY ghosts in the ‘80s.
I think I found a factual error in your Ghostbusters: Afterlife review. You say that Muncher is voiced by Josh Gad. My understanding is that he is voiced by noted movie expert, founder of the Victorville Film Archive and star of Ant-Man Gregg Turkington, as mentioned on last week's episode of On Cinema At The Cinema (https://www.heinetwork.tv/episode/red-notice-ghostbusters-afterlife/).
I loved TotL, and I spent years thinking the second season never got made, and then earlier this year I discovered it actually had? I'm still not clear how I never heard about it at the time. was it that bad?
"I am called Ham since I enjoy ham radio."
The Power of the Dog was absolutely incredible - seeing it at a festival a couple weeks ago was just one of those moments where you know beyond a doubt you're seeing one of the year's absolute best films. I was so impressed with it from beginning to end.
The heir to the Ghostbusters throne (whether or not you accept the premise that Ghostbusters ever deserved that throne - I don’t) is probably Men in Black. And even that ended up getting almost immediately run into the ground with awful sequels (3 possibly excepted) and ripoffs like RIPD.
"Then it gets worse. Much worse."
wow.
based on this and other reviews, I'm certainly not wasting my time and money on seeing this in a theater, but I am really curious whether the movie even bothers to try and explain how the Ghostbusters seem to have been forgotten so quickly?
It’s unclear in AFTERLIFE if GB2 is canon. The first one gets referenced (slavishly) and there’s a kind of hand waving about there being a bunch of NY ghosts in the ‘80s.
*dusts off spec script titled "Ghostbusters: California (Bustin' Makes Me Feel HollyGood)*
Cookie, would you be interested in an investment opportunity?
I think I found a factual error in your Ghostbusters: Afterlife review. You say that Muncher is voiced by Josh Gad. My understanding is that he is voiced by noted movie expert, founder of the Victorville Film Archive and star of Ant-Man Gregg Turkington, as mentioned on last week's episode of On Cinema At The Cinema (https://www.heinetwork.tv/episode/red-notice-ghostbusters-afterlife/).
Thank you for posting this. I'm afraid Keith might be a Timhead.
A shame if true. All Timheads are culpable for Tim's many crimes.