Jurassic World
by Felipe Rosa
Jurassic World: Colin Trevorrow’s film is a great example of the difference between creating tension and simply having a scary moment;
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Mad Max: Fury Road
by Felipe Rosa
Mad Max: Fury Road: George Miller’s film walks a tight rope. By one hand, there is no pretense the story is a complicated one; in fact,
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Avengers: Age of Ultron
by Felipe Rosa
Avengers: Age of Ultron: Joss Whedon delivers a somewhat peculiar beast: it is entertaining enough, and
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Furious 7
by Felipe Rosa
Furious 7: it would be overly generous to say that James Wan is telling a good story (as much as it would be naïve to expect it to be one);
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Kingsman: The Secret Service
by Felipe Rosa
Kingsman: The Secret Service: Matthew Vaughn doesn’t hide the silliness of his story; in fact, he seems to relish it.
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Jupiter Ascending
by Felipe Rosa
Jupiter Ascending: the Wachowski siblings present a high-concept story that doesn’t make much (or any) sense,
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Exodus: Gods and Kings
by Felipe Rosa
Exodus: Gods and Kings: Ridley Scott presents a sumptuous spectacle; the use of locations, the set design (including visual effects), costume design, all create a great-looking physical world. That, however, does not a good movie make; the storytelling is stale and stiff and it carries no beauty or subtlety whatsoever. The characters are all unappealing, uninteresting; the overblown, over-the-top acting further complicates matters, wasting the strong names in the cast. (In fact, the interesting choice of using a child as a major player […]
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The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
by Felipe Rosa
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies: there’s no denying that Peter Jackson’s film is a grand visual spectacle and makes great use of the picturesque locations, character, set and costume designs; however, perhaps underlined by the High Frame Rate 3D format, there’s a great sense of artificiality to some of the special effects and patterns. The storytelling is heavy-handed (which naturally affects the acting as well; Ian McKellen and Martin Freeman are the only members of the large cast […]
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The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1
by Felipe Rosa
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1: Francis Lawrence’s film is heavy on set-up and light on payoff, a disappointing combination. The story continues to expand the world and its mythology, but what’s new is not particularly interesting (and it moves into a more generic dystopic setting); the main issue, however, is that there simply isn’t enough at stake for the main characters (in other words, the film is too light on action). Visually, it’s drab and unappealing. The veteran cast already […]
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Fifth about The Seventh 