Henry O'Brien

Dec 22, 2024 | roccitymag.com | Henry O'Brien

click to enlarge [ { "name": "500x250 Ad", "insertPoint": "5", "component": "15667920", "parentWrapperClass": "", "requiredCountToDisplay": "1" } ] In terms of 2024, there has been a noticeable amount of experimentation within the animation genre.

Nov 22, 2024 | filmobsessive.com | Henry O'Brien

Have you ever wondered how Santa Claus is able to sneak into billions of homes across the planet in just one night and give gifts? Have you ever considered that if Santa accomplishes this every Christmas, he has to run the North Pole like a multinational corporation? Jake Kasdan’s Red One technically features supposed answers to those questions. However, the film feels like a cruel Christmas joke or some really bad eggnog.

Nov 20, 2024 | filmobsessive.com | Henry O'Brien

Before Vera Drew’s 2022 directorial debut The People’s Joker can begin, there is a black screen with a wall of white text that makes something very clear for both the audience and film studio Warner Bros. Discovery for the upcoming superhero parody:This film is a parody and is, at present time, completely unauthorized by DC Comics, Warner Bros. Discovery, or anyone else claiming ownership of the characters and subjects that it parodies and references.

Nov 8, 2024 | filmobsessive.com | Henry O'Brien

If anything can define the last decade-plus of director Steve McQueen, it’s his ability to create rich story worlds that are as full of life as they are pain and sorrow. A historical drama where a slave is forced through plantations, encountering differing oppressors. A Chicago heist film that includes themes such as sexism, police brutality and interracial marriage. A five-film series depicting the wide-ranging stories of West Indian immigrants in London.

Oct 16, 2024 | filmobsessive.com | Henry O'Brien

Once I Saw the TV Glow hit theaters in May, the film certainly felt like a stylistic and financial step forward for writer-director Jane Schoenbrun. Releasing the movie under A24, Schoenbrun had a reported $10 million budget compared to the micro one they had for their directorial feature debut, We’re All Going to the World’s Fair.