Bill Nighy – Cut To The Chase

Written & Directed By: Chris Sanders

Based on the book by: Peter Brown

Cinematography: Chris Stover

Editor: Mary Blee

Featuring the voices of: Lupita Nyong’o, Pedro Pascal, Kit Connor, Stephanie Hsu, Bill Nighy, Matt Berry, Ving Rhames, Catherine O’Hara

After a shipwreck, an intelligent robot called Roz is stranded on an uninhabited island. To survive the harsh environment, Roz bonds with the island’s animals and cares for an orphaned baby goose.

This film shows what can be done by a true independent individual spirit and not doing what you have been trained or necessarily program to do, but interestingly also teaches you that by doing that you might learn not only to be your own person, but humanity and itself as well as to help those around community or culture you might find yourself and that is different from yourself how to assimilate into that culture and find your own friends and family but also if you have to, you can simulate into what you’re supposed to be but still at heartbeat who you need to be and who you are

I can truly say I wasn’t expecting much from this film and figured it would be. You know a typical moralistic tail and it seems like it’s going to be that way, but then it takes so many broad strokes or subverts what you’re used to and a different way that you can’t help but get emotional watching it and especially around the third act, or truly showcases the bond between parent and child and appreciation and the length of love between them where your downright willing to sacrifice yourself for them and vice versa how they sometimes have to take care of you when you’ve given it all you got

That is when the film is at its strongest and most powerful. It’s cute and previous scenes, and can be funny and ferocious. It’s perfect for kids and families like because I believe whoever sees this film will get something out of that, that is strong and meaningful to them.

I don’t watch those animated films sometimes, other than the artwork. It feels like more of the same, but I can truly say that this one affected me more than I expected to and it’s truly something special. I can see why it has so many fans, such that seem to come from nowhere.

Grade: A-

Directed By: Arkasha Stevenson

Written By: Arkasha Stevenson, Tim Smith and Keith Thomas

Story By: Ben Jacoby

Based On Characters Created By: David Seltzer

Cinematography: Aaron Morton

Editor: Amy E. Duddleston and Bob Murawski

Cast: Nell Tiger Free, Sonia Braga, Ralph Ineson, Tawheek Barhom, Maria Caballero, Bill Nighy, Charles Dance, Nicole Sorace, Ishtar Currie-Wilson, Andrea Arcangeli

A young American woman is sent to Rome to begin a life of service to the church but encounters darkness that causes her to question her faith and uncovers a terrifying conspiracy that hopes to bring about the birth of evil incarnate.

I give this some credit it’s better than it should be as it seemed at first like it was going to be a rebooted sequel that’s a prequel cash-in on the original.

By the end, it’s a well-put-together thought-out horror film that makes sense and takes its time to tell its tale. Though I wonder if that is why people give it so much credit as they weren’t expecting much and came out with an actual good movie

This film came out at the same time as the Sweeney film IMMACULATE, which to me kind of looks the same except that you had a more recognizable actor in the forum, Sydney Sweeney, but watching the trailers, one would often get what was supposed to happen to confused what came to actually watch the films. as it seemed kind of like the phenomenon that would happen years ago, where two studios that have competing films with the same theme, think ARMAGEDDON and DEEP IMPACT. Or VOLCANO and DANTE’S PEAK.

this film is longer than the original film. The OMEN and there are some recognizable actors. Most of the cast is character actors. it seems like every horror or fantasy film must have a cameo from Charles Dance these days as a requirement. Not to mention even though Bill Nighy has a bigger role. He seems to be barely in it really I can only recall three scenes.

The film takes its time again as it builds slowly but once it gets rolling, it really gets interesting as there is a central mystery and we’re getting clues left and right, things are getting put together and we realize what is happening so that the film puts itself together quite nicely

Even if from the beginning, the nuns always seem a bit suspect and mean.

there is a scene where it seems like they try to homage Isabelle Adjani’s infamous scene from POSESSION. only here it happens after a car crash and certain details are revealed that the main character has their own scene of revelation, and her reaction is similar as far as you can go in a more mainstream film.

What’s interesting is that this film though it is a prequel leaves room for a sequel that could be done as a side story that is kind of intersex with the original film or maybe even THE Omen Two or could be a direct sequel to them if they choose to jump that many years

The film is never quite scary, but it does have a sense of unease. That will keep you guessing and offers the required terrifying images without quite reviewing all so while it shows it also sets your imagination to something that is probably worse to fill in the picture which movies try and fail but actually works here.

Director Arkasha Stevenson definitely has the talent. Hopefully, he continues to make memorable and noteworthy films. Look what he accomplished with an almost-forgotten franchise

Grade: B-

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