Not as funny as Allen’s proper debut Take the Money and Run, but a very good sophomore effort.
Author: Dan Stalcup
An epic romance and coming-of-age story told with tremendous humanity and precision and life. Yet it has its share of problematic storytelling and is certainly too long. Too much sex, too, but I suppose it adds to the palpable intimacy between the leads.
I had forgotten this is kind of… bad?
Woody Allen’s first actor-director-writer film is a parody criminal biopic/documentary. It doesn’t always hold together, but as a series of skits it is astonishingly hilarious.
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Orphans of the Storm (1921)
The French Revolution turns out to be a very good match for DW Griffith.
This capsule review has been superseded by a full-length review you can read here:
Full Review: Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)
The visuals are some of the most breathaking I’ve ever seen: free-flying comic art with intense neon splashes and irrepressible energy. The story is amazing too, if a bit slow to get going. One of the best superhero movies, period.
I devour this kind of mumblecore stuff as comfort food, but even for me this one is a tough sell.
I did really like how weirdly meta the premise is — Karpovsky playing a guy named Karpovsky on a film tour for a real movie Karpovsky made.
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Now You See Me 2 (2016)
I love Lizzy Caplan.
A bit too frenetic, and the live action segment sucks the energy out of the story, but the animation is jaw-dropping and the story otherwise buoyant.
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Now You See Me (2013)
