The Forgiven (2017)
The Forgiven’s thematic simplicity is a strike against it, but my primary complaint is a narrative one: the film simply fails to hold your attention.
The Forgiven’s thematic simplicity is a strike against it, but my primary complaint is a narrative one: the film simply fails to hold your attention.
Over the last two weeks, Chris from Terry Malloy’s Pigeon Coop and Mark from three rows back have been running an impressive Blogathon focused around debut films. Debut films have a special appeal, demonstrating a fresh, often rough-edged take on cinema, and much of the focus of the Debuts Blogathon has considered not just the…
JJ Abrams’ reinvention of Star Trek is best described as “good enough.” It’s good enough to earn enough money to prompt a sequel, Into Darkness. It’s good enough to balance the expectations of both avid Star Trek fans and those largely unfamiliar with the original series (though the fan service is a tad overdone). But…