The Review at the End of the Universe
I’ve given you my worst of the year list so I’ll end the year on a positive note with the best. 2017 was another year of change for Kneel Before Blog. The biggest change was that we switched to a star rating system for film around halfway through the year. TV will continue to be…
Matthew Vaughn delivers a follow up dose of comedic spy action that ups the stakes and expands the mythology in Kingsman: The Golden Circle. The first film was a lot of fun but lacked an obvious jumping on point for a sequel since the character arc for Eggsy (Taron Egerton) appeared to be complete so…
For those, like me, that saw the trailer for this strange looking slice of Americana and thought, “Wow, that looks weird, and wait, was that Daniel Craig?!?!”, I headed along to see if my worst fears were going to come to pass. With that in mind, I can safely say that Logan Lucky is one…
Chris McKay gives the LEGO movie franchise its second outing with The LEGO Batman Movie where the blocky Dark Knight builds his way to a safer Gotham City. The Lego Movie was a pleasant surprise as it could have so easily been a shameless excuse for product placement but the end result was something far…
The Coen Brothers’ Hail, Caesar! follows Hollywood Fixer Eddie Mannix (Josh Brolin) as he runs himself ragged dealing with all of the issues that plague famous 1950s Hollywood figures. As a satire of Hollywood in the 1950s it works really well with George Clooney’s Baird Whitlock embodying the arrogantly charming megastar trope, Alden Ehrenreich’s Hobie…
Once upon a time the Wachowski Brothers -as they were known at the time- gave us a sweeping ambitious sci-fi film called The Matrix. It was so influential that it’s still talked about today as one of the most important sci-fi films ever. Fast forward a few years and the Wachowskis -as they are now…
Bennett Miller’s Foxcatcher adapts the true story of Olympic wrestler Mark Schultz (Channing Tatum) being taken under the wing of a strange and dangerous sponsor named John du Pont (Steve Carell). Before going into the screening I knew almost nothing about the truth behind the story and that’s probably the best way to approach this…
The Book of Life is an animated film about Mexican folk beliefs, in this case the focus being the Day of the Dead (also known as Día de Muertos). This day is important in Mexican culture as it is when families and friends gather to remember and celebrate those who have died. This particular story…
