Published January 9, 2022 at ZekeFilm.org. Adam McKay, Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Lawrence Return for Disaster Comedy DIRECTOR: ADAM MCKAY/2021 Don’t Look Up is too long, too loose, and too heavy-handed, but with a cast like this, even a messy film can find great moments. Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Lawrence return to the screen for the first …
Published Feb. 12, 2018 at ZekeFilm.org. J.J. Abrams's Surprise Sequel Has That Cloverfield Je Ne Sais Quoi DIRECTOR: JULIUS ONAH/2018 When I wrote about 10 Cloverfield Lane almost two years ago, I marveled at J.J. Abrams pulling off a plot twist in real life. Releasing a surprise sequel with just two months of advertising? How novel! …
Published Jan. 1, 2018 at ZekeFilm.org. Netflix's New Drama Sets a Greek Tragedy in the Deep South DIRECTOR: DEE REES/2017 “When I think of the farm, I think of mud.” And when I think of Netflix’s new drama Mudbound, I think of Greek tragedies. Everything on the farm is covered in mud; every moment is …
Published Oct. 24 2017 at ZekeFilm in anticipation of the second season of the Netflix drama. Everything an Ambitious Demogorgon Needs to Know in the World of Stranger Things Congrats! You’re a Demogorgon making the big move out of the Upside Down! While the Upside Down will always be home, moving your residence to the Right Side …
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Published Apr. 3, 2017 at ZekeFilm. Hollywood, Politics, and World War II: Inseparable From the Start DIRECTOR: LAURENT BOUZEREAU/2017 Say what you will about Hollywood’s influence in politics (or interference, depending on how you see it), but the two have intertwined for so many decades they’re difficult to dissociate. Oscar speeches like Sacheen Littlefeather’s upon Marlon …
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