İsmet Özel “Modernlik insan yaşamına yaraşır bir hayata manidir”[1] der. Bunun Amerika’yı yeniden keşfetmek olduğunu söylemek haksızlık olacaksa da modernitenin bizim yaşamımıza getirdikleri ve götürdükleri sonucunda yaşamımızın aldığı hâlin ne olduğu meselesinin her bireyin zihnini kurcalaması gerektiğini ve kafası çalışan pek çoklarının da zaten kurcaladığını düşünüyorum. Açık olan bir şey var ki bu mesele Oslo, […]
Böyle söyleyince hangi film hakkında konuşacağımı tahmin edip edemeyeceğinizi bilmiyorum. Ancak bildiğim bir şey var o da Türkiye’de filmlerinin isimlerinin oldukça kötü çevrildiği. Meşhur “filmlerin adı motamot çevrilmiyor, filmin konusuna da bakıyorlar” geyiğini döndürmeye de gerek yok, bu filmi izleyen herhangi biri “Çeviride Kaybolmak”ın filmin konusu bakımından da filmin isminin kelime anlamı bakımından da “Bir […]
Wes Anderson tam adıyla Wesley Wales Anderson1 Mayıs 1969 doğumlu Amerikalı yönetmen, senarist; kısa film, film ve reklam yapımcısı. Reklamcı bir baba ile aslen arkeolog olan ama emlak danışmanlığı yapan bir annenin üç çocuğunun ortancası olarak Houston, Teksas’ta dünyaya geldi. Westchester Lisesi’ni bitirdikten sonra Houston’da özel bir okul olan St. John’s School’a devam etti. Teksas’ta […]
Captain Kidd (Tom Hanks), a Civil War veteran, travels the landscape of 1870s Texas, bringing literal news of the world to all the towns on his route. For ten cents, he will read you the news from whichever newspapers he’s got in his saddlebag. He’s been on the road a long time; it’s a lonely […]
I’ve said it many times on this site but faith-based films are perhaps the toughest genre of films to pull off. What is a pure and powerful testimony to one may come off as cloying and preachy to another. So often the ministry gets in the way of telling a good story. It is this […]
[REVIEW] TULSA or A Modern-Day Pollyanna
I saw this Woody Allen movie on Netflix. I have to say that it was not very good. I understand the kind of people he want to portray, those people that to work long akward hours for New Yorkers (like Woody himself) could go to Coney Island for some fun. But I did not feel […]
Michael Önder’in 2017 yılındaki ilk uzun metraj filmi olan Taksim Hold’em gezi parkı eylemlerine karşı toplumun hemen her kesiminin duruşunu yansıtmış. Tek bir mekanda bir poker masası etrafında otuzlu yaşlarında olan bireylerin politik söylemlerin yanı sıra hayat içinde yürüttükleri oyunu izliyoruz. Bu filmi izleyince aklıma ilk gelen içerik olarak çok daha sert bir eleştiri olan Suat […]
Director: Christopher Landon Starring: Kathryn Newton, Vince Vaughn, Celeste O’Connor Review Author: Tony Synopsis: Millie is a high school student forced to survive the cruel world of high school while comforting her damaged mother following the recent death of her father. To make matters worse, the town’s infamous serial killer, The Blissfield Butcher, has reemerged. After a faithful […]
Getting into the business. So this is about big-time drug dealers in Arkansas. There is a hierarchy in the occupation, and at the top of the pyramid is a man named Frog (Vince Vaughn). Two up-and-comers (Liam Hemsworth, Clark Duke) are starting to prove themselves, but they have yet to meet the man in charge. […]
Southern Drug Kingpin – Arkansas (2020)
Billy Madison was Adam Sandler’s most vital film, but Happy Gilmore was his most polished. In fact, Billy Madison nailed Sandler’s comic persona so purely and perfectly that it was almost a dead end, forcing Sandler to scramble for ways to reinvent and reimagine his toddler persona over his next few films. Billy Madison was […]
A flimsy web of lies. Meet Katie Arneson (Kacey Rohl). She’s got the support of hundreds of people behind her as she works through chemotherapy. Not only that, but she is also managing to balance her school life, some extracurricular dance classes, and a relationship with her girlfriend (Amber Anderson). There’s just one teensy problem […]
Faking Cancer – White Lie (2019)
As I watched David Fincher’s latest film, Mank, my main feeling was one of wanting to like the film more than I actually did. I mean, really, the film sounds like it was specifically made to appeal to me. It’s a film about the Golden Age of Hollywood, which is an era that has always […]
The Films of 2020: Mank (dir by David Fincher)
So many thoughts run through my head when I’m watching a truly terrible movie: Why am I here? Why do I like inflicting pain on myself? Do I secretly like it? Why didn’t I spend my time watching a classic that has been on my watchlist for years instead? How are my beloved Sixers doing? […]
Nick Kush’s Top 10 Worst Movies of 2020
Disney+’s new spinoff series is unabashed, off-kilter, and unlike anything Marvel has ever attempted.
WandaVision Promises a New Beginning for the Marvel Cinematic Universe: Review
Amores Perros (2000) Director – Alejandro G. Iñárritu (The Revenant) Cast – Gael García Bernal, Emilio Echevarría, Goya Toledo, Vanessa Bauche Plot – The lives of a group of Mexican citizens are bounded together unknowingly through an horrific car crash. “If you want to make God laugh… tell Him your plans” Review by […]
Classic Review – Amores Perros (2000)
Adopt a Highway (2019) Director – Logan Marshall-Green (feature debut) Cast – Ethan Hawke, Elaine Hendrix, Anne-Marie Johnson, Christopher Heyerdahl Plot – Released from prison after a 21 year stint, Russell Millings (Hawke) discovers an abandoned baby in a dumpster behind the burger joint he works at, offering him an unexpected chance at […]
Film Review – Adopt a Highway (2019)
Clemency (2019) Director – Chinonye Chukwu (alaskaLand) Cast – Alfre Woodard, Aldis Hodge, Wendell Pierce, Richard Schiff Plot – Prison warden Bernadine Williams (Woodard) finds herself struggling to stay on top of her mental state as her job of overseeing state sanctioned killings of death row inmates takes it’s toll on her and […]
An American Pickle (2020) Director – Brandon Trost (feature debut) Cast – Seth Rogen, Sarah Snook, Molly Evensen, Jorma Taccone Plot – Preserved in a vat of pickles in New York in the early 1900’s, Jewish immigrant Herschel Greenbaum (Rogen) reemerges into modern day society where he meets his last living relative Ben […]
Film Review – An American Pickle (2020)
Sound of Metal (2019) Director – Darius Marder (feature debut) Cast – Riz Ahmed, Olivia Cooke, Paul Raci, Mathieu Amalric Plot – Drummer Ruben Stone (Ahmed) has his life turned upside down when he begins to lose his hearing, putting in jeopardy his future plans and relationship with long term girlfriend Lou (Cooke). […]
Film Review – Sound of Metal (2019)
