Behind the scenes of “The French Dispatch”: Wes Anderson leads the crew to experience the French atmosphere by watching French movies. Wes Anderson’s new film “The French Dispatch” is known as “a love letter to France”. Therefore, immersing the entire crew in the atmosphere of a certain French movie became the key to filming. A […]
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5 tear points and 10 stinger to help you relive “Love Letter”. On March 25, 1995, Shunji Iwai’s debut feature film “Love Letter” was released in Japan. The starring actors Takashi Kashiwabara (18 years old) and Iwai (17 years old), who were still young boys at the time, left their best years in the film […]
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In an ordinary life, everyone may fall into a situation where they unnaturally accept stylized behaviors and let them tie their hands and feet. This is called a “habit.” At a deeper level, people’s hearts have also begun to become rigid. That is, you no longer have curiosity about the things around you, and can […]
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Now I come to a movie that I was really disappointed with, the 2017 remake of one of all time favorite classics, “Beauty and the Beast.” You might say that there’s nothing wrong with Emma Watson’s singing, but her professional judgment is a little off. Acting in Disney’s live-action remake of “Beauty and the Beast” […]
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Thanks to the success of Tim Burton’s “Alice in Wonderland” and the “Sleeping Beauty” reimagining “Maleficent,” Disney has wanted to remake their animated classics for live-action remakes. However, though Burton gave his own personal style to “Alice in Wonderland,” and “Maleficent” gave a new look on the “Sleeping Beauty” story, Kenneth Branagh’s 2015 “Cinderella” is […]
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Angelina Jolie is one of the last movie stars, although in recent years, Hollywood has seemed mostly unable to fashion projects that would demonstrate why. Her work as Maleficent, the bad queen from Disney’s “Sleeping Beauty,” is a reminder of how electrifying and fun she can be. Jolie first played the part in 2014’s “Maleficent,” a live-action (but […]
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Not that there was any doubt that, when it came to restaging the 1865 Lewis Carroll classic for a 21st century sensibility, Tim Burton would be the man for the job. But even the filmmaker’s trademark winsomely outlandish style doesn’t prepare you for the thoroughly enjoyable spectacle that is his “Alice in Wonderland.” A fantastical […]
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The Mouse King reinvents a holiday classic, minus the romance and much of the dance, resulting in a movie with little beneath its stunningly designed surface. Conceived just a smidge over two centuries ago, E.T.A. Hoffmann’s 1816 short story “The Nutcracker and the Mouse King” has been told and retold so many times over the […]
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Guy Ritchie’s adaptation is lively, colourful and genuinely funny – making only judicious tweaks to the original, it’s thankfully not a whole new world. The scimitars are out for Disney’s live-action Aladdin, what with the enduring fondness for the original (not least Robin Williams’ Genie) and the botched unveiling of Will Smith as his successor […]
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Adam Sandler and his spooky pals take a “Summer Vacation” and remind us all of the power of acceptance and understanding. Even on a good day, it’s easy to feel like America has turned into a horror movie, where the terrors of “The Purge” franchise feel all too real outside of the theater. The need […]
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