Featuring a mesmerizingly unhinged performance from Mia Goth, Pearl tells the vibrant and violent origin story of X’s villain. Dressed up in technicolor and dripping with melodrama, the film takes viewers for a weird and wacky ride, but much like its predecessor, it’s a little light on X-factor.
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The long wait is finally over! Nope, the next exciting vision from Jordan Peele, is finally here, and it’s sure to take audiences for an entertaining and unexpected ride. This go around, Peele creates fear out of open spaces and will certainly have you looking at clouds in a different light. It will be hard to avert your eyes, but look at your own risk; this spectacle may just suck you up and spit you out.
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With X., writer/director Ti West returns to his horror roots and seeks to bring a modern bend to the gritty, DIY filmmaking of the 1970s. Conjuring up an aesthetic that’s a part Debbie Does Dallas, part Texas Chain Saw Massacre, X captures that oldschool feel but doesn’t come backing much heat. It’s not altogether joyless, but for a film that lays emphasis on the hardcore, let’s just say the film has trouble getting it up.
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