After much anticipation and Internet consternation, a hotly debated movie finally arrived last month. Despite disappointment with the super-heroics in the franchise\’s previous entry, fans signed up in droves for the new streaming service that promised all-new adventures of the characters they loved. And these fans were not disappointed. The film offers an epic tale …
A stern man strides into a great medieval hall, consternation creasing his face. Weary and worried, he closes his eyes and begins to pray. His prayer begins with a question familiar to every Christian, a question that must be asked by anyone who wants to serve God: \”Lord, what must I do?\” But this query—posed …
In the animated Star Trek spinoff, the lower-ranking officers are blessed with the sort of attention usually reserved for the bridge. On the distant planet K’Tuevon Prime, four officers of the United Federation of Planets—the galactic coalition at the center of the Star Trek franchise—stand before an inquisitor called Clar (voiced by Kurtwood Smith). From the shadows …
Even the biggest Wes Anderson defender must admit that he’s not for everyone. His style might be unique, but he achieves it by narrowly focusing on bourgeois nostalgia and filling his movie with quirky geniuses, overly-designed tableaus, and 60s pop rarities. But only the most cynical contrarian won’t acknowledge that all of Anderson’s movies feature …
Loving Vincent, a completely painted animated film about Vincent Van Gough, is a can’t-miss idea that does not miss, but it doesn’t really satisfy either.
Because I\’m the sole writer, editor, and programmer (and, to be honest, viewer) of Renewed Mind Movie Talk, I\’ve only done movies I like. Sure, I\’ve skipped over some stranger flicks I enjoy in favor of something more popular, and thus more likely to gain viewers, but I haven\’t spent time on a movie I …
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Because I\’m the sole writer, editor, and programmer (and, to be honest, viewer) of Renewed Mind Movie Talk, I\’ve only done movies I like. Sure, I\’ve skipped over some stranger flicks I enjoy in favor of something more popular, and thus more likely to gain viewers, but I haven\’t spent time on a movie I …
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