by
Julien Faddoul
Shazam *
A boy is given the ability to become an adult superhero in times of need with a single magic word.
Lively superhero film based on DC comics that takes forever to get going and doesn’t end anywhere edifying. It might have been twice as effective at half the length (133 minutes).
d – David F. Sandberg
w – Henry Gayden, Darren Lemke (Based on the Characters Created by Bill Parker, CC Beck)
ph – Maxime Alexandre
pd – Jennifer Spence
m – Benjamin Wallfisch
ed – Michel Aller
cos – Leah Butler
p – Peter Safran
Cast: Zachary Levi, Asher Angel, Jack Dylan Grazer, Mark Strong, Djimon Hounsou, Grace Fulton, Faithe Herman, Ian Chen, Jovan Armand, Cooper Andrews, Marta Milans, Adam Brody
Dumbo
Disney remakes one of the films that defined their brand for no altruistic reason.
Another lame and odious live-action remake from Disney by the filmmaker who helped initiate this string of artistic infringement back in 2010. The peculiar aspect to this instalment – ineptly staged; with bad music and dialogue; an embarrassed cast being upstaged by computer graphics – is that in remaking Dumbo (1940) Disney has gone back farther enough in time to select a film that is a bonafide classic of cinema, yet it doesn’t strike anyone the least bit out of the ordinary because it falls under the same exhibition economics that gave us dreck like Maleficent (2014), Cinderella (2015) and Beauty and the Beast (2017). Do you really think the same jaded compliance would counterpoise a remake of, say, Lawrence of Arabia (1962) with a CGI desert?
d – Tim Burton
w – Ehren Kruger (Based on the Novel by Helen Aberson, Harold Pearl)
ph – Ben Davis
pd – Rick Henrichs
m – Danny Elfman
ed – Chris Lebenzon
cos – Colleen Atwood
p – Justin Springer, Ehren Kruger, Katterli Frauenfelder, Derek Frey
Cast: Colin Farrell, Michael Keaton, Danny DeVito, Eva Green, Finley Hobbins, Nico Parker, Alan Arkin, Sandy Martin, Joseph Gatt, Deobia Oparei, Kamil Lemieszewski
The Beach Bum *
A rebellious stoner named Moondog lives life by his own rules.
As usual with Korine, it's unclear what sociological point he’s trying to make by presenting a virtually stream-of-conscience depiction of rich people enjoying sex, drugs and sunbathing other than to point and laugh at the sight of such hooliganry. It’s only occasionally funny, which is not nearly enough.
wd – Harmony Korine
ph – Benoît Debie
pd – Elliott Hostetter
m – John Debney
ed – Douglas Crise
cos – Heidi Bivens
p – Charles-Marie Anthonioz, Mourad Belkeddar, Steve Golin, John Lesher, Nicholas Lhermitte
Cast: Matthew McConaughey, Isla Fisher, Snoop Dogg, Stefania LaVie Owen, Zac Efron, Martin Lawrence, Jonah Hill, Jimmy Buffett, Vanessa Marie, Sharon Pfeiffer
The Best of Enemies *
The story of the real-life relationship between an outspoken civil rights activist and a local Ku Klux Klan leader in 1971 North Carolina.
Uncomplicated, not entirely factually accurate retelling of the rivalry between Ann Atwater and CP Ellis. Strictly for those who are looking to be educated about such things.
wd – Robin Bissell (Based on the Book by Osha Gray Davidson)
ph – David Lanzenberg
pd – Jeannine Oppewall
m – Marcelo Zarvos
ed – Harry Yoon
cos – JR Hawbaker
p – Matt Berenson, Fred Bernstein, Tobey Maguire, Matthew Plouffe, Danny Strong, Dominique Telson
Cast: Taraji P. Henson, Sam Rockwell, Anne Heche, Wes Bentley, Bruce McGill, Nick Searcy, John Gallagher Jr, Babou Ceesay
Pet Sematary
Remake of the 1989 film.
Rubbish, unnecessary remake; the kind that relies on plot machinations so absurd that its audience is required to suspend not only disbelief but also intelligence.
d – Kevin Kölsch, Dennis Widmyer
w – Matt Greenberg, Jeff Buhler (Based on the Novel by Stephen King)
ph – Laurie Rose
pd – Todd Cherniawsky
m – Christopher Young
ed – Sarah Broshar
cos – Simonetta Mariano
p – Lorenzo di Bonaventura, Steven Schneider, Mark Vahradian
Cast: Jason Clarke, Amy Seimetz, John Lithgow, Jeté Laurence, Lucas Lavoie, Hugo Lavoie, Obssa Ahmed
The Highwaymen *
A pair of Texas Rangers come out of retirement to catch the infamous outlaws Bonnie and Clyde.
Guiltless but woefully uninspired old-fashioned chase movie that tries to tell an interesting story but ultimately plots toward inertia and ennui.
d – John Lee Hancock
w – John Fusco
ph – John Schwartzman
pd – Michael Corenblith
m – Thomas Newman
ed – Robert Frazen
cos – Daniel Orlandi
p – Casey Silver
Cast: Kevin Costner, Woody Harrelson, Kathy Bates, John Carroll Lynch, Thomas Mann, Dean Denton, Kim Dickens, William Sadler, W. Earl Brown, David Furr, Jason Davis, Josh Caras, David Born, Brian F. Durkin
Hellboy
Hellboy comes to England, where he must defeat Nimue, Merlin’s consort and the Blood Queen.
Dreadful, joyless and witless; production problems clearly evident on-screen; from a director whose always suffered from imagination poverty.
d – Neil Marshall
w – Andrew Cosby (Based on the Comic Book by Mike Mignola)
ph – Lorenzo Senatore
pd – Paul Kirby
m – Benjamin Wallfisch
ed – Martin Bernfeld
cos – Stephanie Collie
p – Lawrence Gordon, Carl Hampe, Lloyd Levin, Matthew O'Toole, Mike Richardson, John Thompson, Les Weldon, Philip Westgren
Cast: David Harbour, Milla Jovovich, Ian McShane, Daniel Dae Kim, Sasha Lane, Penelope Mitchell, Brian Gleeson, Sophie Okonedo, Alistair Petrie, Thomas Haden Church, Kristina Klebe, Ashley Edner, Douglas Tait, Vanessa Eichholz, Mario de la Rosa, Atanas Srebrev, Stephen Graham
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