Zoe Saldana

Avatar: Fire and Ash

/ / Movie Reviews
  • Title: Avatar: Fire and Ash
  • IMDb: link

I quite enjoyed 2009’s Avatar which, despite its simple setup, brought an immersive experience on an alien world to life. While still an enjoyable popcorn movie, I was less impressed with 2022’s Avatar: The Way of Water which followed the Sully clan, still hounded by human armed forces, to new lives as part of a Na’vi water tribe. Avatar: Fire and Ash feels very much a continuation of the second movie, continuing the story of the Sully clan against a very familiar antagonist.

…

Avatar: Fire and AshRead More »

Avatar: Fire and Ash Read More »

Emilia Pérez

/ / Home Video
  • Title: Emilia Pérez
  • IMDb: link

Not all of Emilia Pérez works. The film is a home run hitter swinging for the fences at every at bat. Sometimes it knocks a scene out of the park. Sometimes it strikes out on three pitches, all well outside of the strike zone. It’s a musical featuring mostly conversational songs which occasionally are unexpectedly bolstered by a full choir. It’s a story about transition and change but is highlighted by characters falling back into bad habits which question how much people actually change. And it’s a tale of characters struggling with real emotional turmoil in a plot that is more interested in melodrama.

…

Emilia PérezRead More »

Emilia Pérez Read More »