The Wandering Image: July 2017

Sunday, July 30, 2017

Viewing Journal: 7/31/2017 - 7/30/2017

503) VALERIAN AND THE CITY

OF A THOUSAND PLANETS
(2017 dir. Luc Besson) Date Seen: July 31 2017

Right off the bat; the two leads don't have great romantic chemistry. I am a fan of DeHaan but I think he's slightly miscast here as Valerian;

Replacing him with a Zac Efron, Dacre Montgomery, or even Harry Shum Jr. might've improved this by 20%. Thankfully all of the space opera stuff is handled splendidly & judging the film for what it is (rather than what I want it to be), I think Luc Besson did a pretty good job

502) EVERYTHING, EVERYTHING
(2017 dir. Stella Meghie) Date Seen: July 31 2017

501) 13 MINUTES
(2017 dir. Oliver Hirschbiegel) Date Seen: July 30 2017

500) DUNKIRK
(2017 dir. Christopher Nolan) 2nd Viewing: July 30 2017

[70mm IMAX]

499) REDLINE
(2009 dir. Takeshi Koike) Date Seen: July 30 2017

498) LADY WINDERMERE'S FAN
(1925 dir. Ernst Lubitsch) 2nd Viewing: July 30 2017

Viewing Journal: 7/29/2017

497) THE BIG SICK
(2017 dir. Michael Showalter) Date Seen: July 29 2017

496) MANBORG
(2011 dir. Steven Kostanski) Date Seen: July 29 2017

495) THE COCOANUTS
(1929 dir. Florey/Santley) Date Seen: July 29 2017

Friday, July 28, 2017

Viewing Journal: 7/28/2017

494) THE EMOJI MOVIE
(2017 dir. Anthony Leondis) Date Seen: July 28 2017

493) SAMURAI COP
(1991 dir. Amir Shervan) Date Seen: July 28 2017

492) TO CATCH A YETI
(1995 dir. Bob Keen) Date Seen: July 28 2017

a feature length film adaptation of this song ↓

Viewing Journal: 7/27/2017

491) A FAMILY MAN
(2017 dir. Mark Williams) Date Seen: July 27 2017

Viewing Journal: 7/26/2017

490) WISH UPON
(2017 dir. John R. Leonetti) Date Seen: July 26 2017

It's rated PG-13 yet I can't think of anyone above 9 years old that any of this would actually scare. Maybe a very sheltered teenager would respond differently. idk.. There're honestly Are You Afraid of the Dark episodes spookier than this. WISH UPON's at least well paced & looks really good? (Leonetti used to be a d.p.)

That damn Monkey's Paw slapped me across the face!