I'm not going to pretend I understood everything that was going on here as it was happening, but the film's closing moments lead me to read this as a whole as an expression of fear for the various human experiences that will inevitably be robbed from us in the pursuit of automation and technological innovation. The whole "acting with no camera present" aspect to me seems to be an extreme depiction of how the death of more traditional forms of…

I respect the understated approach of this film and how it takes its time letting the central mystery unfold, but I have to say that as a whole I vastly prefer the style and presentation of Verbinski's remake. Admittedly that could just be due to my familiarity with that version, as I've watched it several times and really love it, whereas I'm only seeing this for the first time now and therefore can't really view it with fresh eyes, as…

This is a perfect example of a movie that doesn't technically have anything wrong with it; the acting is fine, it's shot and directed well enough, the effects are pretty decent, and the idea of Kristen Stewart going up against underwater monsters is one I'm definitely a fan of. Unfortunately, it's just not a very compelling film. The plot can be very easily described as "Alien, but set in the Mariana Trench" and it follows all of the beats you'd…

"Two men enter, one man leaves!"

Probably the weakest entry in the Mad Max franchise, but still a decently fun ride. In Beyond Thunderdome, the wasteland wanderer once known as Max Rockatansky embarks on a journey between two insular communities that have risen from the ashes of the apocalypse, each with their own foreign chants and traditions. Trouble begins stirring within the walls of a not-so-safe haven known as Bartertown when Max challenges the authority, and soon enough, the outsider…