Of all the newcomers Bruce Wayne rounded up in Justice League, Jason Momoa’s Arthur Curry was the only to demonstrate the charisma and longevity of character necessary to front a solo venture. Those hoping for another Wonder Woman from DC, however, will be disappointed by Aquaman. From Conjuring director James Wan, this regressive submarine blockbuster treads murky water for an excessive hundred and forty minutes, before sinking into computer generated chasms leagues beneath the tides of sense.
Craig William Macneil has produced a conflicted feature in Lizzie. There’s passion on screen in the form of the film’s star and producer Chloë Sevigny, whose devotion to the project has spanned almost a decade, but only in flights of brief delirium does the script match her. Although the production is strong, and soundscape marvellous, it’s hard not to feel like you are watching a scabrous melodrama repackaged for arthouse audiences. For all its qualities, Marshall’s is a film strapped by the corset of period drama biography.
We continue our annual retrospective with a look at the top ten film quotes of the past twelve months. Have we missed any? Let us know in the comments!
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