With “The Batman,” Matt Reeves has gifted 2022 with a surprisingly great film. Surprisingly, because it is yet another Batman film that comes too soon on the heels of a Batman film that came too soon on the heels of Batman film. As Hollywood is constantly oversaturated with comic book movies, it has come down to the sad truth that these are the only types of films that get major push from the ... more >
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“THE BATMAN”: the film is always entertaining, interesting and never feels long | REVIEW
The days when Catwoman was a seductive villain are long gone
Robert Pattinson, Zoë Kravitz and Jeffrey Wright
Directed by Matt Reeves
Let me in
It's not fair is it?
Kodi Smit-McPhee, Chloe Grace Moretz and Elias Koteas
Directed by Matt Reeves
Life is unfair to middle children and remakes. If Matt Reeves’ vampire coming-of-age story "Let Me In" had been made before the Swedish original--Tomas Alfredson’s “Let the Right One In”--would we automatically think it was the better of the two? It didn’t work that way and we’ll never know. What I can say? "Let Me In," written and directed by "Cloverfield"’s Reeves, underlines and ... more >
Cloverfield
Something has found us
Lizzy Caplan, Jessica Lucas and T.J. Miller
Directed by Matt Reeves
Cloverfield ought to come with a warning label: leave off the extra butter on your pop-corn, for it might be too much to handle for your stomach. The entire film is shot by a handheld camera belonging to one of the friends attending a going away party for one of their best mates. And Hud (T.J. Miller) is no P.T. Anderson. In fact, the jittery shots seem almost purposeful, as if they were ... more >