Planet Earth in 2040. Two timelines co-existing simultaneously. Dystopia and Utopia.
As this critic continues to look back at some of this Summer's films I have taken in, I would be remiss if I didn't mention one of the most overall unsettling trends in Hollywood over the last several years.....sequels, reboots, and remakes. Look, I am all for seeing more than one film for certain originals that made a splash, ie: "Jurassic Park", "Pirates of the Caribbean", "Transformers", etc.
Disclosure Day asks us to question humanity's role in the universe but falls victim to the same assumptions of centrality.
This groundbreaking summer blockbuster proves that diversity enhances the action genre.
Steven Soderbergh’s Contagion is a fan-favorite, as are some of the more science fiction angled movies like 28 Days Later or World War Z. I recently watched the 1995 Wolfgang Peterson-directed movie, Outbreak for the first time, which is currently available on Netflix.
Four documentaries, now streaming on the Criterion Channel, embody the adopted slogan of the current protest movement: Woman, Life, Freedom
In Tall Girl, Jodi learns to stand tall and find confidence within.
