Flashback Review – ‘The Shallows’: Blake Lively v Shark Movie Delivers Fun with Bite
Stays afloat by keeping its premise fun, visceral and engaging.
Stays afloat by keeping its premise fun, visceral and engaging.
A self-diagnosed nymphomaniac recounts her erotic experiences to the man who saved her after a beating.
Aims to unsettle, and does so almost relentlessly for a bit over two hours.
John Krasinski has officially positioned himself as a standout filmmaker.
Here’s the good news: it’s not horrific.
If the old-school, gung-ho earnestness doesn’t engage you much, the strong combat sequences just may.
Gerwig’s first feature as solo writer-director is an assured piece of filmmaking, with Saoirse Ronan in pitch-perfect form.
The dullest, most poorly executed film in the series.
A bestselling book, a great cast, the director of ‘Let the Right One In’ and ‘Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy’. The result? Ugh.
The latest from director Joe Wright (‘Pride & Prejudice’, ‘Atonement’) is looking strong.