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2020 Melbourne Documentary Film Festival: Virtual Edition Mini-Reviews – Part 2
Read part 1 of our 2020 Melbourne Documentary Film Festival coverage here. The Wheels of Wonder Play is a very important aspect of every child’s development. It gets them moving, stimulates their imagination, and helps develop problem-solving skills. This is especially true for children in refugee camps in Beirut, and this documentary follows a team of inspired engineers, designers, and play experts that create a prototype play cart for these children. Described as looking like a bizarre combination of Ikea and NASA, the play cart is filled with hundreds of loose parts for the children to play with, as well as the cart itself which can be reassembled into a portable playground.
By MovieBabble4 years ago in Geeks
‘The Sorcerer’s Apprentice’ Wasn’t That Bad (Or Good)
Like Prince of Persia (2010), I had completely forgotten that The Sorcerer’s Apprentice (2010) existed. (Apparently, 2010 was the year for forgettable live-action Disney films.) The only thing I remembered about the film was when David (Jay Baruchel) was training to be a sorcerer and a ball of energy hits him in the crotch. Needless to say, I had pretty low expectations for the re-watch.
By MovieBabble4 years ago in Geeks
‘The Old Guard’ Kicks Ass and Should Make Names
Netflix’s record with original Hollywood action movies is patchy at best. When the so-so Extraction is among the finer examples of their big-name blockbusters, there’s something not working. With The Old Guard, though, they might hopefully have found a game-changer. It’s everything that previous A-lister action vehicle 6 Underground wasn’t. Where that was incoherent, chaotic, and offensively dumb, The Old Guard is focused, sharp, and surprisingly intelligent.
By MovieBabble4 years ago in Geeks
My Explorations of Tubi TV: Part 5
A new month has come, and that means a lot of new movies on Tubi TV! Today, I will start my deep-dive with two of the newest gems to come to the service. I had seen these two movies a long time ago in a movie theater, and now Tubi TV allows me to rewatch them once again. The other two entries, on the other hand, are completely new to me.
By MovieBabble4 years ago in Geeks
‘Relic’ is a Masterclass in Independent Horror
When I saw Relic at the Sundance Premiere in January (it feels like an eternity ago), I was floored. Catching up with the film before sitting down to pen this, soon to be, overwhelmingly positive review, I was still floored. In her directorial debut, Natalie Erika James has crafted a horrific masterpiece on par with the likes of Sam Raimi and Jordan Peele‘s theatrical debuts in The Evil Dead and Get Out, respectively.
By MovieBabble4 years ago in Horror
‘The Beach House’ is a Great Place to Stay for Horror Fans
Young couple Emily and Randall (Liana Liberato and Noah Le Gros) travel to a getaway beach house for a weekend of relaxation. On arrival, they find the beach house double-booked with an older couple Jane and Mitch (Maryann Nagel and Jake Weber). There’s a brief period where The Beach House may go down the route of something like Ma or Get Out with the welcoming elders being slightly off. However, the senior pair are actually just warm and friendly. It’s telling how much that idea can be toyed with in the horror field, as so many films overplay the “niceness is camouflage” trope.
By MovieBabble4 years ago in Horror
‘Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga’ is Mostly a Waste of Its Talented Parts
The story of the underdog is one of the oldest stories in human history. It has inspired countless people over the generations to go for what they want, despite the obstacles that stand in their way. But the problem with this narrative is that it is too common. For a film with this basic story to succeed, it has to stand out from the pack. Enter Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga, which premiered on Netflix on June 26th. Part absurdist comedy and part inspirational drama, this movie combines two completely different dramas into a semi-new narrative, though it rarely succeeds.
By MovieBabble4 years ago in Geeks
Above All Else, ‘Scare Package’ is Extremely Likable
What a FUN movie Scare Package is. Shot by seven different directors, the film is packed with diverse storylines. I am reasonably familiar with the anthology genre, and I like that it is mainly just an innovative way to watch a bunch of interconnected shorts. As far as horror goes, many brilliant films stem from shorts. Think Saw; without its initial short film, we might have never acquired any Saw movies, let alone the eight (nine if you count Spiral: From the Book of Saw) that are now in existence.
By MovieBabble4 years ago in Horror
‘Da 5 Bloods’: A War That Wasn’t Theirs
Spike Lee’s newest feature is an absolute gut-punch. I don’t think any introduction besides that would do Da 5 Bloods justice. Lee’s latest follows four Vietnam veterans, jovial Eddie (Norm Lewis), an often-drunk Melvin (Isiah Whitlock Jr.), measured and thoughtful Otis (Clarke Peters), and the wild card Paul (Delroy Lindo). The group travels back to Vietnam to recover the remains of their Bloods squad leader, Norm (Chadwick Boseman), who was killed in action, and also to recover a large fortune of US gold they buried when they were in the war.
By MovieBabble4 years ago in Serve
Why I Am Absolutely Underwhelmed By ‘Tenet”s Two Trailers
Last week, all the movie fans talked about one thing, which is the second trailer of Christopher Nolan’s newest movie, Tenet. Everybody was excited, YouTubers started analyzing the trailer and we can safely say that the countdown towards the release of the movie has really started. Everybody but me. Because the title of this article is indeed true: I don’t feel any excitement for Tenet at all.
By MovieBabble4 years ago in Geeks
After 60 Years, ‘Psycho’ Remains as Ingenious as Ever
This month, Alfred Hitchcock‘s Psycho celebrates 60 years since its release. You already know its legacy; it’s one of the most famous horror movies ever, if not the most. But, over time, horror has become filled with more gore and startling scares to continue to attract audiences; in comparison, Psycho remains fresh despite the lack of those elements, even if its content was considered very radical for the time. Why is Psycho the classic horror movie it is, and why has the success of Psycho hardly been reproduced?
By MovieBabble4 years ago in Geeks
The Lasting Legacy of ‘Victor and Victoria’
The charming, operetta-style film, Viktor und Viktoria was originally released in its native Germany in 1933. It had a wider release as Victor and Victoria, with English subtitles, two years later. The latter is the version I watched for this article. The story has been reimagined several times, most famously as Blake Edwards’ Victor/Victoria in 1982 (with the incomparable Julie Andrews). Some could argue that films such as Some Like it Hot, and Tootsie were also designed with Viktor und Viktoria‘s blueprint.
By MovieBabble4 years ago in Geeks