Anniversary (20205), Dylan O’Brien, Phoebe Dynevor, Lionsgate Movies
Diane Lane, Kyle Chandler, Dylan O’Brien, and Phoebe Dynevor are the stars of Anniversary, a Jan Komasa-directed thriller that follows a very close-knit family torn apart following ‘the change.’
I’m intrigued by the Dynevor, O’Brien and Lane dynamic. And, if ‘the change’ is what I think it is, it’s a smart move by the trailer editors, not explicitly stating anything.
In any case, I suspect I’ll enjoy Dynevor playing an American.
What are your thoughts about Anniversary so far?
Daryl McCormack, Mckenna Grace, Madeline Brewer, Flavia Watson, Maya O’Shea, Jolly Abraham, Selda Kaya and Kaja Chan also star.
Saturday Night (2024), Gabriel LaBelle, Sony Pictures Entertainment
What happened behind the scenes in the last 90 minutes leading up to the first broadcast of Saturday Night Live (SNL) is the story of Saturday Night. The new Jason Reitman-directed comedy/drama/biography.
Key cast includes Dylan O’Brien, Nicholas Braun, Matt Wood, Gabriel LaBelle and Finn Wolfhard.
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I’m looking forward to watching all this chaos come together, especially as a fan of SNL and the entrepreneurial spirit.
How perfect that this movie will be released exactly 49 years after Saturday Night Live debuted on television.
The following are just three of my favourite SNL sketches.
Love and Monstersis a fun/funny comedy/adventure about a young man named Joel and his hero journey; a journey where he learns how to survive a monster apocalypse to get to his girlfriend who’s eighty miles away.
Starring Dylan O’Brien, Michael Rooker and Jessica Henwick; it’s the monster special effects that grabbed my attention in the trailer. And let me say, they did not let me down. The images of giant snails and other oversized creepy crawlies had me watching some of the action through my t-shirt. Yet, I still found those scenes oddly thrilling and fun. Of course, ideally, I’d have liked to be less of a wuss. But I guess I now have a slightly better understanding of the kind of thrills some people get when watching scary movies. Particularly since there’s no denying that giant bugs are often gross and undeniably scary.
The humour in the introductory voice-over in the first third of the movie is one of the key highlights. The other highlights include any encounters with oversized creatures which are both well-choreographed and scary; the latter especially if you’re not into bugs of any size. The only part I didn’t love so much is around the middle of the film, once Joel finds himself alone once more. It may be my impatience acting up here but the pacing seemed to slow down a tad. And the way the editing milked a very key moment for our hero just really annoyed me.
Still, I’d watch part two if it were coming. I mean, yeah, I don’t love bugs but for the first time in my life, being scared was actually fun. I honestly didn’t think that was possible for me.
Watch Love and Monsters because it’s fun. It’s a good hero’s journey/ coming of age story with exciting monsters and heroics.
Maze Runner – The Death Cure (2018). Dylan O’Brien, Giancarlo Esposito, Dexter Darden, Rosa Salazar
Maze Runner – The Death Cure, the final instalment in the young adult science fiction trilogy set in a post-apocalyptic dystopian world, is generally OK.
Having already seen the first two Maze Runner films and also finding them mainly adequate, I wanted to watch The Death Cure to finish what I’d started. I also wanted to see that the main actor, Dylan O’Brien, had truly recovered fully following the serious 2016 on-set accident.
Even though I’m not in love with this film, I don’t regret having sat through it for reasons including the fact that the acting isn’t terrible overall, I like the consistent pace, and there are a couple of in-air stunts that had my attention. Beyond that, though, I’d say that director Wes Ball’s movie is an easy distraction that doesn’t ask too much of you. In which case, perhaps hit that play button for a casual viewing.
I’m sure that big fans of the books (I’ve never read them) probably wouldn’t sit down to this movie ‘casually.’ Nevertheless, every movie has its place, anywhere from ‘this deserves my undivided attention’ to ‘I’m definitely skipping that.’
American Assassin isn’t exactly a terrible movie; it’s just that director Michael Cuesta’s film didn’t have anything particularly new to show me. At least not until the thing that happens on/in the ocean towards the end. That moment definitely had my attention.
Starring Michael Keaton, Sanaa Lathan and Dylan O’Brien, I must admit that I struggled to remain interested during numerous scenes that I felt I’d seen many times before in other better executed action thrillers; The Bourne Identity (2002)being one such film.
Performance-wise, O’Brien didn’t do a bad job. As for Taylor Kitsch though, I can’t say I bought into his character’s anger completely.
Assuming that this movie was shot after the Maze Runner – The Death Cure on-set accident, I was certainly happy to see O’brien looking physically well again. Overall, the story of this movie simply wasn’t new enough for me. At least not new in enough ways to prevent it from feeling tedious.
Watch it if you absolutely must. Otherwise, three words: The Bourne Identity (2002). Two more words: Casino Royale (2006). Three more words: I joke, I have no more words… at this time.
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