‘The Divergent Series: Allegiant’ isn’t quite as horrible as the first two films in the series
No amount of added action or plot twists can elevate ‘The Divergent Series: Allegiant’ beyond a glorified soap opera
No amount of added action or plot twists can elevate ‘The Divergent Series: Allegiant’ beyond a glorified soap opera
It looks like another Oscar contender is headed for 2016. With the Christmas release stacking up, Open Road has made the decision to move Snowden, the biopic on Edward Snowden that is directed by Oliver Stone, from its Christmas 2015 release date to an unspecific date in 2016, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The film …
‘Insurgent’ has the emotional intensity of androids reciting an instruction manual. There’s nothing new to see here, and it’s delivered in the most listless fashion possible. Even for a sci-fi soap opera, Insurgent feels lazy and uninspired.
White Bird in a Blizzard Written & Directed by Gregg Araki USA, 2014 Just in case the title wasn’t enough of a hint, White Bird in a Blizzard provides enough ponderous dialogue and artsy flourishes to reveal itself as the pretentious mess that it is. Unsure whether it’s an indie mind-screw or a conventional …
Divergent Written by Evan Daugherty and Vanessa Taylor Directed by Neil Burger USA, 2014 The price of movie stardom in the 21st century for young women involves headlining a big-budget young-adult-novel adaptation; so now, it’s time for Shailene Woodley to prove her mettle against peers like Kristen Stewart and Jennifer Lawrence. With her past work …
The Spectacular Now Directed by James Ponsoldt Written by Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber USA, 2013 The teenage genre is an infinite well Hollywood enjoys returning to, even if such repetition can frequently wind up creating some of the most inherently false-seeming films. We like watching movies about teenagers so we can be nostalgic …
If you spend any amount of time here at Sound on Sight, you probably love movies, old and new. And you probably have fond memories of being a teenager. (Or maybe you are a teenager right now, in which case, we feel very old. But never mind.) So you may hold some classic teen-themed movies …
Author Veronica Roth’s award-winning Divergent Trilogy found its movie rights being snapped up before the series reached completion. Filming of the first novel, titled Divergent, is already underway, with direction from Neil Burger, working with a script from Evan Daugherty and Vanessa Taylor. Shailene Woodley takes the lead role, joined onscreen by Zoe Kravitz, Jai …
The Descendants Written by Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon and Jim Rash, based on Kaui Hart Hemmings’s novel Directed by Alexander Payne USA, 2011 If it’s true that filmmakers spend their careers repeatedly remaking the same movie, few filmmakers seem to relish the prospect of repetition to the same degree as Alexander Payne. After cutting his …