Now we're talking Midnight Madness. This is the stuff here man.
Building on the genre-clash crossover theme that was solidly established the first night of TIFF's Midnight Madness with the slasher flick cum teen girl comedy Jennifer's Body, programmer Colin Geddes has delivered another interesting hybrid: the futuristic, sci-fi-vampire film Daybreakers. Set 10 years into the future and after the bat-spawned ...
Review by: thesubstream
Added: 3 years ago
The best-directed bad movie of 2009.
As much as I’d love to defend Richard Kelly’s latest science-fiction head trip, I just can’t bring myself to do it. It’s a beautiful failure, but a failure nonetheless. By now you’ve probably been scared away from going to see it – the film received an “F” rating from fans, the lowest possible CinemaScore. Kelly was aiming for a high-minded sci-...
Review by: MiamiMovieCritic
Added: 4 years ago
Terry Gilliam has not lost his touch.
If anyone is familiar with director Terry Gilliam’s work, you will be expecting a visual feast and a very difficult to follow story line. The cult classic BRAZIL (1985) will jump to mind – visually stunning, emotionally stirring but, ummm... but as to the storyline, what storyline? That movie still baffles me to this day. When someone asks me about ...
Review by: TimVoon
Added: 4 years ago
A conventional action picture.
Surrogates is set in a future world where 75% of the population uses robots to interact with other people. The robots are things of beauty – they’re basically glossy magazine covers come to life – but when you shoot one of them or break one of them open, circuits and green goo come spilling out. That’s kind of what this movie is like: pretty on the ...
Review by: MiamiMovieCritic
Added: 4 years ago
A groundbreaking science-fiction dazzler.
Already at #44 on the IMDb list of the top 250 movies ever made, District 9 is the debut feature of a major filmmaking talent: South African director/co-writer Neill Blomkamp. Earlier this decade, the 29-year-old wunderkind was handpicked by Peter Jackson to direct a mega-budgeted adaptation of the videogame Halo. When the project fell through, the ...
Review by: MiamiMovieCritic
Added: 4 years ago
A virtuoso piece of work.
The ad campaign for this movie really turned me off. It looked like this year’s Nights in Rodanthe, worthy of derision on The Colbert Report. Luckily, I discovered that the film had been written by one of my favorite living screenwriters, Bruce Joel Rubin. I urge you to ignore the ads and go see the film. It’s an intriguing sci-fi story that’s been ...
Review by: MiamiMovieCritic
Added: 4 years ago
More often fizzles than sizzles.
THE TIME TRAVELER'S WIFE is the sort of movie that makes you wish you had read the book but skipped its cinematic adaptation. While the time traveling concept is consistently intriguing, the movie itself more often fizzles than sizzles. The script by Bruce Joel Rubin (THE LAST MIMZY), based on Audrey Niffenegger's novel, has many lovely, touching ...
Review by: SteveRhodes
Added: 4 years ago
One of the most unusual sci-fi films in some time.
DISTRICT 9 is one of the most unusual sci-fi films in some time. It's a B-movie that, except for its extensive special effects, looks like a very low budget production. With hideous, gross monsters (the aliens) that are about as realistic as the campy ones in EIGHT LEGGED FREAKS, DISTRICT 9 is no spoof and, based on our packed audience, produces ...
Review by: SteveRhodes
Added: 4 years ago
One of the year’s most enjoyable genre offerings.
Moon has become a minor media sensation because it was directed by Duncan Jones, aka David Bowie’s son. That’s all good and fine, but the film deserves to stand on its own as a thought-provoking low-budget science-fiction feature – an unfortunately strange brew these days. Made with an admirable mix of economy and wit, the film strikes a nice ...
Review by: MiamiMovieCritic
Added: 4 years ago
