Filmrecensies van The Massie Twins

Despite being a murder/mystery, ostensibly, it’s actually a sex thriller – cheesy and unconvincing as it is. Recensie

He’s not crazy enough to be fascinating, nor impressive enough to be worthy of such detailed attention. Because of that, the colossal three-hour runtime is tedious, even with director Martin Scorsese’s dependable handling of drama and strained relationships. Recensie

As they move past such landmarks, merely existing takes a toll; finding meaning and a reason to go on living become potent, emotional endeavors, made utterly exceptional with striking dialogue and increasingly more devastating interactions, fueled by Cruise’s against-type, tour de force performance. It’s a taxing watch, but the themes are grave and timeless. Recensie

This early work demonstrates the auteur’s honing of his craft, which would soon produce more polished efforts with similar themes. Recensie

Unfortunately, Esme, My Love doesn’t fully embrace its potential for horror; even with standard sequences of supernatural frights, complete with nerve-jangling strings and percussion and an amplifying hysteria, it never truly goes off the rails. Recensie

So much pointless, monotonous, repetitive fantasy fighting occupies the runtime, contributing to one of the most uninteresting of all the DC entries. Even the humor is dry, resorting to frivolous one-liners and half-hearted jabs before diving back into computer-animation-drenched clashes. Recensie

The premise is still too simple for this colossal running time. Recensie

It may be unoriginal, goofy, and frivolous, but the bulk of it is still lighthearted and fun. Recensie

Even with the heightened bloodshed, it’s virtually indistinguishable from the other theatrical entries. Recensie

The end result is moderate fun only as it’s transpiring – which is periodically bogged down by an overlong runtime and the script’s desperate struggle to find uniqueness. Recensie

With generic, bland characters and relationships, Creed III feels exactly like it was manufactured from a movie template, infused with fist-pumping montages, motivational speeches, and reparative interactions, playing out woodenly and unconvincingly, despite the decent acting abilities of the cast. Recensie

An apt soundtrack and ‘80s horror movie musical cues are the high point, along with jumpy scares and some hilariously brutal bear butchery, but the poor pacing and the excess of human fodder insist that there isn’t enough of a plot to stretch this ordeal out to feature length. Recensie

The proportions of this project are all off; attention is paid to the wrong people at the wrong times, developing subplots that are just too tangential to be poignant, and wasting valuable minutes on trivial details. Recensie

It’s a wealth of visual chaos that hopes to distract from the absolutely nonsensical ideas. Recensie

If the storytelling wasn’t so uninspired and awkward, it would be infinitely easier to admire the dance troupe’s undeniably spectacular vigor and remarkably sinewy figures... Recensie

Knock at the Cabin is a competent little exercise in tension. It’s weird, traumatic, and violent, borrowing ideas from Knowing, 10 Cloverfield Lane, and The Mist as it explores thought-provoking themes of destruction, salvation, and sacrifice. Recensie

It’s not enough; Under Capricorn’s plot and pacing crawl along, unable to keep up interest, trudging through exposition even when unsurprising revelations finally come – and despite a rather satisfying conclusion. Recensie

The visuals and basic premise are based on the comic book series by James O’Barr, which lends to the gothic makeup and styling, as well as the themes of revenge and salvation, but this latest chapter can’t find anything new to say. Recensie

What Plane does well, it does very well – primarily with the thrills of helpless victims finding hope in a dedicated savior. Recensie

The initial setup is a touch too much in the realm of sci-fi, struggling to sell the technological advancement, but much of that can be forgiven when supporting or background roles get to inject a line or two of sensibility, particularly as many characters fail to reasonably react when introduced to the spookily lifelike toy girl. Recensie

Fortunately, there’s slightly more to this picture than uninterrupted dialogue in a single location, but it’s nevertheless a tough sell to general audiences; despite heartrending performances, the structure and pacing of Women Talking will likely only appeal to viewers familiar with the book on which it’s based – or those interested in and aware of the premise beforehand. Recensie

Digesting the significance turns out to be mostly inscrutable and intermittently frustrating, regardless of minuscule little clues; the path is also overlong and perpetually bordering on an ambiguity surrounding reality and fantasy. Recensie

Most disappointing, however, is the humor. There’s a family-friendly theme of embracing one’s softer side, as well as the power and importance of friendships, but the much-needed, generally dependable laughs aren’t as frequent or as clever as they should be. Recensie

With its circuitous, tricky, disordered plotting, like the titular onion, peeling back layer after layer (in a reverse order of sorts) to chronicle various associations and machinations, the film struggles to maintain interest. Recensie