‘A mousy governess who softens the heart of her employer soon discovers that he’s hiding a terrible secret.’
Jane Eyre is possibly one of the most adapted novels in the English language, it seems that every few years a new movie or TV series is released, allowing us to see many different interpretations of Charlotte Bronte’s classic.
Cary Fukunaga’s Jane Eyre is a welcome Continue reading
‘In 1962, Charles Xavier starts up a school and later a team, for humans with superhuman abilities. Among them is Erik Lensherr, his best friend… and future archenemy.‘
After the disastrous last two X-Men movies (X3 & Origins: Wolverine) I went into this movie with very low expectations. Thankfully, the movie was much better than I expected – but it doesn’t really compare to the first two X-Men movies. And the fact that this movie is a prequel is a large part of the problem. We all know where these characters are going to end up, and many of the movie’s finer moments lack tension because they seem to be ticking the necessary boxes to fit into the established timeline.
Actually, the movie seemed to be missing any real tension throughout. The characters tell us that Continue reading
Esoteric Fish - Shallow and Pedantic 