Out in Theaters: ‘WIND RIVER’

August 10, 2017 by Jason Jean Posted in Out in Theaters Tagged Elizabeth Olsen, Jeremy Renner, Out in Theaters, Reviews, Taylor Sheridan, Wind River 1 Comment

As I write this review for Taylor Sheridan’s new film Wind River we’re experiencing some fairly remarkable meteorological theatrics in the Pacific Northwest. At night our moon is the color of a blood orange, while our sunrises and sunsets are a near supernatural hellfire red. The reason? Our atmosphere is currently congested with smoke from several wild fires tearing through the Canadian coastal ranges to the north, and the noxious haze has created an off-world prism on our horizon. We can only imagine the terrible price somebody’s paying for these gorgeous mutations in our sky down here. Read More

Out in Theaters: ‘DETROIT’

August 3, 2017 by Jason Jean Posted in Out in Theaters Tagged Algee Smith, Anthony Mackie, Detriot, Detroit, Jason Mitchell, John Boyega, John Krasinski, Kathryn Bigelow, Out in Theaters, Reviews, Will Poulter 1 Comment

On the night of July 25th, 1967 two factions coalesced on the Algiers Motel. A small contingent of African American men weathering the storm of Detroit’s 12th Street Riots, and a platoon of enraged white cops looking for the person/persons who fired a gun at their patrol from a window of the motel.

Out in Theaters: ‘ATOMIC BLONDE’

July 28, 2017 by Jason Jean Posted in Out in Theaters Tagged Atomic Blonde, Charlize Theron, Eddie Marsan, James McAvoy, John Goodman, Out in Theaters, Reviews, Sofia Boutella, Til Schweiger, Toby Jones Leave a comment

You wouldn’t be wrong to assume that David Leitch’s Atomic Blonde is something akin to John Wick’s younger, hotter sister. Leitch did, after all, cut his teeth in the film industry coordinating and performing stun twork – as did Chad Stehalski, Leitch’s co-director on John Wick. The two Hollywood cowboys are equally infatuated with style above all else, though in Atomic Blonde’s instance it feels less superficial, even while embracing maybe the most superficial time in history – the bitchin’ 80’s.

Out in Theaters: ‘VALERIAN AND THE CITY OF A THOUSAND PLANETS’

July 21, 2017 by Jason Jean Posted in Out in Theaters Tagged Cara Delevingne, Clive Owen, Dane DeHaan, Ethan Hawke, Luc Besson, Out in Theaters, Reviews, Rihanna, Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets 1 Comment

Those who hearken back to the golden Clintonian Summers of the 90’s might remember seeing The Fifth Element on the big screen during its maiden theatrical run. A blockbuster facing a mixed press at the time, but finding near cult status twenty years later. A defining moment for director Luc Besson. Or at least as defining as when he discovered Natalie Portman at a Pizza Hut and cast her in a hitman film with a coked-out Gary Oldman and Jean Reno. Or something like that. Read More

Second Opinion: ‘DON’T BREATHE’

August 26, 2016 by Jason Jean Posted in Editorials, Film Editorials 1 Comment

It dawned on me nearly immediately while watching Fede Alvarez‘s new horror film, Don’t Breathe, that from this point forward, whenever I hear associates bemoan the lack of good feminine roles in Hollywood, I’m holding up the horror genre as one of the few places in the system that actually nurtures and supports strong female leads. These hardworking actors, deemed, unfortunately, scream queens, make a tidy living in a film class thought more of as performance art than actual art. There are juicy roles available for any actress willing to dive into the grime and swim with the hatchet murderers and zombies.

Out in Theaters: ‘SUICIDE SQUAD’

August 4, 2016 by Jason Jean Posted in Out in Theaters Tagged David Ayer, DC Movies, Jared Leto, Joel Kinnaman, Margot Robbie, Out in Theaters, Reviews, Suicide Squad, Viola Davis, Will Smith Leave a comment

The corpses have barely cooled from Zack Snyder’s Batman V Superman and we’re already assessing the damage and constructing solutions to the issue superhumans bring to human society. A task force is formed by a no-nonsense Government agent, Dr. Waller, (Viola Davis) to gather the world’s most notorious villains (Smith, Robbie, Courteny, Hernandez, Akinnouye-Agbaje) to tackle any upcoming issues the new generation of metahumans may cause to life in America. Almost immediately after the formation of this league of disposable heroes – this Squadron Of Suicide – an ancient witch (Delevingne) awakens her demigod brother from his three-thousand year nap and the two descend upon Midway City to transform the citizenry into an army of monsters dedicated to usurping the earth. Read More