actor

Review – Gemini Man (2019)

/ cinephellas / Leave a comment

by Kevin Muller

How would you define a movie star? Personally, it is an actor whose charisma shines through and levitates the best and worst of films. Will Smith has a giant personality that has given him a successful career that has spanned through television, music, film, and two Academy Award nominations. He can bring the funny as well as he can bring the tears. He can be sensitive, loving, and caring, but also witty, fun, and bad ass. Those are the very traits that make this very mediocre film semi-enjoyable instead of the train wreck it could’ve been.

Continue reading →

The Lighthouse (2019) – Movie Review **31 Days of Horror**

/ cinephellas / Leave a comment

“Keeping secrets, are ye?” Logan Myerz reviews Robert Eggers black-and-white fantasy horror film The Lighthouse starring Robert Pattinson and Willem Dafoe.

#TheLighthouse #31DaysofHorror #MovieReview

“The hypnotic and hallucinatory tale of two lighthouse keepers on a remote and mysterious New England island in the 1890s.”

Review – RAMBO: Last Blood (2019)

/ cinephellas / Leave a comment

by Kevin Muller

John Rambo is a relic of an older and wilder time in cinema. He’s a former soldier who came home only to be thrown back into the world of violence and murder. The chaos of war runs through his veins. Eleven years ago, after a 20 year hiatus, Stallone, who was 62 at the time, came back with a kick ass action movie that was unforgiving with its level of gore. It was a great call back to the films of the 80s too. Now, the aging action star, who can still kick the ass of people more than half his age, is back with another story for his memorable action hero. Does he still have it?

Continue reading →

Review – El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie (2019)

/ cinephellas / Leave a comment

It’s been 6 years since Breaking Bad ended and now we get to see the next chapter in Jesse Pinkman’s story. Logan Myerz reviews the brand new film El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie that’s directed by Vince Gilligan and starring Aaron Paul that’s streaming on Netflix.

#ElCamino #ElCaminoABreakingBadMovie #BreakingBad #MovieReview

“A sequel, of sorts, to Breaking Bad following Jesse Pinkman after the events captured in the finale of Breaking Bad. Jesse is now on the run, as a massive police manhunt for him is in operation.”

 

Review – JOKER (2019) **31 Days of Horror**

/ cinephellas / Leave a comment

By Kevin Muller

The most important thing a film can do is make you feel something.  Most of the time, we expect to walk out of the cinema feeling inspired or uplifted. That is fine, but certain films conjure certain feelings within us that are not always positive. The 1978 film, The Deer Hunter, was a bleak look at the mental anguish that war, specifically Vietnam, can have on former soldiers. One of the reasons it won best picture was because it took viewers on a journey where they encountered many types of emotions, mostly ones of horror, despair, and hopelessness. These are the same feelings you will face when watching Todd Phillip’s new film about the origins of the “Prince of Crime.” It isn’t a pleasurable experience, but a well-made one that really dives into the darkness of the character.

Continue reading →

Review – Ad Astra (2019)

/ cinephellas / Leave a comment

by Kevin Muller

Stanley Kubrick’s film 2001: A Space Odyssey, was groundbreaking because it took viewers on a miraculous journey that displayed revolutionary film making. It also inspired countless directors and writers to create films of similar nature, with its beautiful visuals and psychedelic nature, that were either were respectful imitators or just flat out disasters. James Gray, who brought us the severely underrated 2016 The Lost City of Z, has now directed a space film that has hints of Kubrick. Does his film soar like a rocket or get lost in space?

Continue reading →

Review – Brittany Runs A Marathon (2019)

/ cinephellas / Leave a comment

By Kevin Muller

It is always great to see new talent headline a movie. If you look up Jillian Bell, you will probably say to yourself, “oh yeah, that’s where she is from!” One of her more popular roles was playing the antagonist in 22 Jump Street, providing an uncomfortable, but hilarious, sexual tension with Jonah Hill in that film’s final confrontation. She was also a writer on Saturday Night Live for a few years. The chance to headline her own film is a pretty big step for this actress. Did the hard work pay off?

Continue reading →

Cinephellas Podcast – Episode 46 (Interview with Henry Jacobson)

/ cinephellas / Leave a comment

The Stiffmeister is more stabby than you’ll remember in Bloodline. Sean William Scott and Blumhouse are here with Bloodline. A horror movie that follows Seann William Scott as a Evan, a social worker haunted by dark childhood memories and first-time daddy, that has revenge on the mind. In this interview for The Cinephellas Podcast, Nile Fortner speaks with the director of Bloodline, Henry Jacobson. Where Jacobson talks about his documentary style influencing his horror, working with Sean William Scott, and more.

#CinephellasPodcast #Podcast #Bloodline #SeannWilliamScott #Interview

“Evan (Seann William Scott) values family above all else, and anyone who gets between him, his wife, and newborn son learns that the hard way. But when it comes to violent tendencies, it seems the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.”