Morgan (2016) Review
Morgan is the film Luke Scott made instead of inheriting his father's career on better terms. It also deserved less than the marketing implied.
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Monster Hunter (2020) Review
Monster Hunter is one of the more enjoyable action camp productions of the early 2020s and a genuinely fun watch despite its substantial commercial disapp. Anderson had been working primarily on the Resident Evil franchise before Monster Hunter.
The Moneychangers (1976) Review
The Moneychangers is one of the substantial American television miniseries productions of the 1970s and one of the more substantive adaptations of Arthur. The miniseries format had been substantially developed across the 1970s American television production.
Midnight Run (1988) Review
Midnight Run is one of the great American films of the 1980s and one of the most substantially underrated buddy action comedies in commercial cinema histo. Martin Brest had directed Going in Style in 1979 and Beverly Hills Cop in…
The Man With No Name Trilogy (1964 / 1965 / 1966) Review
The Man With No Name trilogy is one of the great achievements in commercial cinema and the foundation document of the spaghetti western genre. The trilogy was produced as Italian-Spanish-German co-productions on substantially smaller budgets than American westerns of the…
The Little Mermaid (1989) Review
The Little Mermaid is the film that started the Disney Renaissance. Ron Clements and John Musker directed.
Monty Python’s Life of Brian (1979) Review
The Monty Python troupe consisted of Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, and Michael Palin. Brian's mother Mandy reveals that his father was actually a Roman soldier instead of the family's claimed Jewish parentage.
The Lego Movie (2014) Review
The Lego Movie is one of the great American animated films of the 2010s and one of the most substantial commercial cinema surprises of the decade. Phil Lord and Christopher Miller had directed Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs in…
The Jungle Book (1967 / 2016), Contrast Review
The Jungle Book exists in two substantial Disney adaptations across nearly five decades. The 1967 animated production is one of the great classical Disney.
The Jumanji Franchise (1995 / 2017 / 2019) Review
The Jumanji franchise consists of three substantial feature productions across approximately twenty-four years. The 1995 original directed by Joe Johnston.
John Carter (2012) Review
John Carter is one of the most unfairly maligned films of the past fifteen years and one of the most expensive commercial failures in Disney history. The production was Stanton's live-action feature debut after his Pixar work on Finding Nemo…
The Iron Giant (1999) Review
Brad Bird had been working primarily as television animator before The Iron Giant. The film loosely adapts Ted Hughes's 1968 novel The Iron Man, published in the United States as The Iron Giant.
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