Tag: Adaptation

Entertaining But Hollow: David Fincher’s ‘Gone Girl’ is a Cinematic Indecision

After sitting here in front of the monitor looking at a blank page where a review is supposed to be, I finally came to the simple conclusion that David Fincher’s Gone Girl is really not that a good movie. But damn if it’s not an entertaining one. Based on the 2012 novel by Gillian Flynn (who also wrote the screenplay),… Read more →

Edge-of-Tomorrow

Live. Die. Repeat, With Pleasure: A Review of Edge of Tomorrow

By all means, Edge of Tomorrow shouldn’t work. From the moment images from the set emerged with Tom Cruise attached to some bulky exoskeleton-like device, coupled with the idea that the film’s plot almost exactly mirrored the classic 1993 comedy Groundhog Day, it seemed like we could be in for one more disappoint from Xenu’s favorite son. I couldn’t be… Read more →