Review by Dominic Messier, Founder, Editor in Chief and Film Writer As I sat and marveled at the mere fact that I was actually watching an eighth installment of the Star Wars saga — a wildly theoretical pipe dream to some of us kids of the 80s — I found myself thinking of a line uttered…
Review by Dominic Messier, Founder, Editor and Film Critic Seeing this film as a refreshing alternative from the popular but nonetheless brilliant Miyazaki fantasy tales of decades past, I found myself apprehensive whilst approaching In This Corner of the World, a period piece set perilously close to the fated August 6, 1945 historical nightmare that was the…
Film Review by Dominic Messier, Founder, Editor in Chief and Film Writer After two Superman features, a Wonder Woman origin story and some Batman cameos and supporting roles along the way, some figured that it was time that DC film gave the Marvel behemoth a run for its money. Gathering a top tier cast in an ambitious attempt to…
Review by Dominic Messier, Founder, Editor and Film Writer While they can usually be trusted to lack heavily in both plot or any other form of narrative cohesion, disaster films can at least be counted on to provide maximum bang for the visual buck, as filmmakers engage in playful destruction if only to populate the…
Review by Dominic Messier, Founder, Editor and Film Writer Considered by many to be very topical if not overdue, Al Gore’s follow-up to 2006’s An Inconvenient Truth acts as a righteous reminder of the climate change warnings from the past decade, offering a bittersweet note of victory to the former Vice-President of the United States,…
Review by Dominic Messier, Founder, Editor and Film Writer In the world of animation, seasoned viewers have come to know there’s more to the choice at hand than Disney classics. A lot more. When asked about my first suggestion given to newcomers to the genre, I invariably lean towards the works of Hayao…
Review by Dominic Messier, Founder, Editor-in-Chief and Film Writer As the fifth (and no doubt not the last) of the Hasbro Toys – inspired line of action figure based sci-fi films, Transformers The Last Knight adds very little to the quickly aging franchise about alien robot shape shifters caught in a never-ending battle for the protection/destruction…
By Dominic Messier, Founder, Editor-in-Chief and Film Writer Another successful tale which shows that crime does in fact pay very well — at least until it kills you, American Made takes a joyride back to the early 80s and its era of drugs, guns and other illegal government operations slipped under the intelligence carpet. Allegedly….
By Dominic Messier, Founder, Editor-in-Chief and Film Writer In our modern age where science-fiction is quickly catching up to reality, a few milestones have yet to be reached: faster-than-light travel, official contact with an alien species and that Holy Grail of goals, a source of endlessly clean(ish) energy. That last one is the focus of Let There…
Review by Dominic Messier, Founder, Editor-in-Chief and Film Writer A new adaptation that easily surpasses the already scary 1990 ABC-TV miniseries of the same name, Andy Muschietti’s IT remake excels in most ways, thanks to flawless editing, a tense film score, a capable cast of teen actors and one terrifying, haunting demonic clown, courtesy…