‘The Harder They Fall’ (2021) – Newcomer Director Nails It With Afro-Western Beauty
Revisionist Westerns have blurred the line dividing good and evil people in the “Wild West” since their appearance in the late ’60s. The classic fight against criminals and rogues has been undertaken by do-gooders with varying levels of moral ambiguity. The term ‘revision’ makes you think that the filmmakers are changing history, that there is a deviation from what is accurate to the times and, therefore, the story. But to revise the conventional Western film is to break from a white-washed,
‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ (2021) – A Tangled Web Isn’t Enough To Ruin the Fun
Director Jon Watts and writers Chris McKenna and Erik Sommers succeed with No Way Home in a careful balancing act that others have failed at with past Spider-Man series. Sony’s ambition for a new cinematic universe to rival Disney’s MCU fizzled after the launchpad, The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014), was criticized for its overcrowded narrative and villainous line-up.It echoed the visceral reception towards indie-master Sam Raimi and his 2007 entry, Spider-Man 3 (which I don’t think is as bad as