“‘Rebecca’ Quickly Subsides into the Dullest Parts of Its Source Material”

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Review: Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, 2016, dir. Burr Steers

“Your enjoyment of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies will hinge on whether you find the joke it and the novel from which Burr Steers adapted it funny. If yes, this movie is your jam. If no, it is your neurotoxin. Some movies are critic-proof for sheer incomprehensibility.” (Via Paste Magazine.)

Review: Cinderella, 2015, dir. Kenneth Branagh

“The most inventive thing about Kenneth Branagh’s Cinderella may be that it’s not particularly inventive at all. That’s because it doesn’t have to be—it’s Cinderella. Branagh’s take on the ages old fairy tale is a handsomely made affair, but it’s the vein of self-assurance running beneath his aesthetics that makes his film feel vital. Rather … Continue reading →