Dog’s Movie House: “Nosferatu” And “A Complete Unknown” Give Audiences Great Adult Alternatives This Holiday Season!
Howdy Folks! It’s The Kendog here after a couple of weeks off for the Holidays with a look at a couple of great films catering to the adult crowd in a marketplace crowded with family fare. Titles like “Sonic The Hedgehog 3,” “Mufasa: The Lion King” and “Moana 2” have dominated the multiplexes, but there are a couple of films out there that will ensure no screaming kids in the audience. Robert Egger’s “Nosferatu” is a brilliant re-imagining of the classic 1922 silent film and James Mangold’s “A Complete Unknown” features a wonderful performance by Timothee Chalamet as Bob Dylan.
Continue readingDog’s Movie House: “Dune” Epic Telling Of Frank Herbert’s Sci-Fi Epic. . .Half Of It, That Is!
Howdy Folks! It’s The Kendog here with a look at the latest cinematic adaptation of “Dune” Frank Herbert’s 1965 science fiction masterpiece. Combining beloved source material with one of my favorite directors in Denis Villeneuve (“Sicario”) seems to me like a match made in cinematic heaven. Ad an incredible cast and some epic locations and “Dune” should be a work of science fiction genius. Weeeellll. . .not quite. “Dune” is actually quite good and actually amazing in places but it suffers from one problem: It only tells half the damn story! Aaargh! That said, the inevitible “Part II” is coming and hopefully the two films together will make for an wonderful cinematic experience.
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