Tag: Adventure

Exit 8

Exit 8 succeeds more as a psychological, game-logic driven drama than a horror film, delivering a creative and emotionally grounded 95-minute experience that works because of its concept and performances, even if it loses momentum once the...

Excalibur

Excalibur is an ambitious and visually striking telling of Arthurian legend the thoraces on its mythic storytelling and dark fantasy aesthetic, but is held back from being a masterpiece by its uneven performances and often clunky dialogue...

Sentenced to Be a Hero

Sentenced to be a Hero is an impressive and well-animated fantasy premiere that succeeds in world building and concept, but does lack the narrative depth and focus needed to fully deliver on its central idea, requiring a second season to...

Hoppers

Hoppers may not be the Pixar masterpiece of the early 2000s that reshapes animation, but it is however massively fun at every turn, a chaotic tale whose charm and fresh storytelling approach make it an undeniable...

Pee Wee’s Big Adventure

I figured for the debut of the first ever Criterion Tuesday review on TwilightRoom, we should begin with a directors debut feature film, in one of the newest additions to the Criterion Collection, film #1293, Tim Burton’s Pee Wee’s Big Adv...

Dead Man

Jim Jarmusch’s Dead Man is a haunting and perhaps metaphorical western from the 90s, whose slow narrative is elevated by its sound design, philosophical undertones, atmospheric f...