When there’s a family film focusing on a kid or kids, nine out of ten times the kid(s) will not be its selling point. Sometimes it’s the premise, other times it’s the adult actors starring alongside the kids, and occasionally it’s both. The House with a Clock in Its Walls is among the middle group. Jack Black and Cate Blanchett—both endearing actors to me, yet not until now did I realize how much I wanted them together in the same film.
Monday, October 29, 2018
Sunday, October 28, 2018
Halloween: 2018 (Film Review)
2018’s Halloween is an oddity among the slew of 2010s’ sequels and reboots. It’s a direct sequel to the original 1978 Halloween, wiping all previous sequels from the continuity as well as ignoring the Rob Zombie remakes. This makes 2018’s Halloween the franchise’s second soft reboot (after Halloween H20), third direct sequel to one of its first installments, and third film to be titled Halloween. Unique and rather strange to this film, however, is it’s the first direct sequel to share its predecessor’s title—done obviously for marketing purposes (easier to market the film as a standalone feature than a sequel to another film made forty years ago) while making it a pain to write about. As such, I will be referring to the newest Halloween as 2018 from this point onward.
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