All very different films, but all rather good in pretty different ways.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Cadejo Blanco<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In Spanish culture, the Cadejo is a mystical spirit that usually takes the form of a dog. While the black guise signals a dark omen of death, the white form of the creature serves as a spiritual protector for the individual during times of danger. The white spirit accompanies Sarita on her journey of discovery in Guatemala as she attempts to locate sister Bea following her disappearance during an impromptu night out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sarita\u2019s subsequent infiltration of a local gang has the potential to be degraded by schlocky gore and gross Latino stereotypes as she tries to extract information from Bea\u2019s gang-affiliated boyfriend. However, director Justin Lerner (Cadejo<\/em> Blanco<\/em> marks Lerner\u2019s first venture into Latin America) treats the narrative with care, choosing to keep most of the acts of violence off-screen as Sarita comes to terms with the complexities of her sister\u2019s fate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Longlegs Review<\/p>\n\n\n\n Nicolas Cage has been having a renaissance recently. A recagessance, one might say. Or not. The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent <\/em>had the potential to be a bit tacky, but Cage knocked it out of the park with his zany and heavily self-referential performance. Pig<\/em> was astounding, potentially the best work that Cage has ever done. And Colour Out of Space<\/em> was another performance to add to the crazy Cage canon, but one which was very effective in evoking its Lovecraftian atmosphere. Oh, and he sweettalks a peach in that particular flick. Thought you\u2019d like to know.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In his latest film, Cage plays the titular serial killer. While his eerily high-pitched voice might come across as unnecessary cheese in a lesser actor, Cage makes his heightened tones convincingly eerie as he taunts FBI agent Lee Harker during a series of gruesome murders. The Silence of the Lambs<\/em>\u2019s influence is alive and well, but the film still manages to shock with some effective jump scares. Even though I\u2019ve never been properly jump scared since The Dark Knight<\/em>. But that\u2019s another story. Like all great horror figures, Cage doesn\u2019t appear until the film has got going, and he still doesn\u2019t appear all that much throughout. Scary stuff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Deadpool vs Wolverine<\/p>\n\n\n\n Yes, the MCU hasn\u2019t been doing so good recently. But don\u2019t you worry, your friendly neighbour fourth waller Deadpool is here to frequently remind you of that fact. And in a funny way, not a particularly annoying way. And if you were as concerned as I was that the MCU were resurrecting Hugh Jackman\u2019s Wolverine after he was categorically offed seven years ago in Logan<\/em>, then don\u2019t worry, Deadpool\u2019s got your woes covered there too. Sure, it\u2019s covered with that slightly irritating multiverse excuse, but that excuse ultimately paid off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It doesn\u2019t feel like there\u2019s much of a threat here, which is slightly refreshing. Sure, there\u2019s a secondary baddie tinkering with the timeline and a primary baddie threatening to destroy the time, but we\u2019re mostly just allowed to chill with Pooly and Wolvy beating the heck out of each other until they eventually reconcile. There are a lot of laughs to be had along the way, and the whole film is a major improvement on the slightly disappointing Deadpool 2<\/em>. Plus there are a few cheeky cameos. Come for the foul comedy, stay for the emotional ending credits.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" All very different films, but all rather good in pretty different ways.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1574","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nancyepton.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1574","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nancyepton.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nancyepton.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nancyepton.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nancyepton.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1574"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/nancyepton.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1574\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1577,"href":"https:\/\/nancyepton.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1574\/revisions\/1577"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nancyepton.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1574"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nancyepton.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1574"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nancyepton.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1574"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}