New Film Reviews
JUDAS AND THE BLACK MESSIAH
From seeing the trailer, I already knew that this was a film that I wanted to watch. Two quality actors, and it looked to have that top quality filmmaking that this story deserves.
This is already one of the films of the year, and manages to tell a very compelling story about betrayal. And I think that is what is apparent when you view it again.
It was sold as being the Fred Hampton story, but this is really about William O'Neal and his own story of working as an undercover agent hired to investigate the Black Panthers. And despite Daniel Kaluuya giving a pitch-perfect portrayal of Hampton, this is really Lakeith Stanfield's movie and he sells the internal confusion and treachery of the character to great effect.
Perfect casting.
The film I think needed about twenty minutes more to allow the story and characters to breathe a little and give us more of the relationship dynamic between Hampton and O'Neal; but what we got was still good enough to make the film have the desired impact.
Last Film HH Watched
Mortal Kombat
Bro...I thought this film would be cringey and a lot worse watching it again, but for what it was and at the time it was released, this movie really wasn't too bad.
Apart from the very PS1 CGI, it pretty much achieved what it wanted. To show the characters from the video game, make it fun, enjoyable and focus on the fighting with a simple story.
And it's just sad that despite this film not being great, it still stands head and shoulders as being the best Video-Game film, hence why it has its unique cult status.