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How '10 Cloverfield Lane' earns its title

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By Isaac Handelman For those of you who haven’t seen ’10 Cloverfield Lane’ yet and want to get the optimal viewing experience, I’d suggest not reading anything about the film before you go and see it. Which would mean not reading this piece. You’ve been warned. Dan Trachtenberg’s directorial debut 10 Cloverfield Lane will undoubtedly draw up discontent from fans of 2008’s found-footage monster smash Cloverfield ; fans of that film have been desiring a follow-up for years, and 10 Cloverfield Lane ’s title seems indicative of something akin to a sequel, or at least a successor, to the 2008 hit.  And 10 Cloverfield Lane is not that film — at least not on the surface. For most of its duration, Lane is a tense, claustrophobic psychological thriller, a far-cry from the horror and bombast of the first Cloverfield . Lane centers on Michelle (Mary Elizabeth-Winstead), a young woman who finds herself in the captivity of a strange, possibly malevolent man named Howard (John G...
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Frozen Review

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Thawed. Full review by Isaac Handelman Many parallels can be drawn between Disney's latest entry in their animated canon, Frozen , and the studio's 2010 offering, Tangled : both center on quirky female protagonists, both are fresh takes on classic fairy tales, both feature some sort of large four-legged mammal as comic relief; heck, the two films even both posses bi-syllabic, single-word adjectives for titles. Perhaps these similarities are by sheer coincidence, but they nonetheless caused me to hold Frozen up to the high standard of its predecessor -- a standard that the film ultimately fails to live up to. It's not a bad film per se, but Frozen too often feels as if it's missing that spark of ingenuity that made Tangled such an entertaining ride. In Frozen, Princess Anna takes center stage, voiced well by Kristen Bell. Anna sets out on a quest to find her runaway sister, Queen Elsa (Idina Menzel), whose mystical ice powers have covered the kingdom in an eternal...
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The Avengers Review

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The summer movie season blasts off, all thrusters engaged. Full review by Isaac Handelman At this point, The Avengers living up to the insurmountable hype surrounding it seems like an inconceivable notion. After four years of hints and easter eggs, beginning with Nick Fury’s appearance after the credits of the first Iron Man , and culminating in an epic teaser trailer following the credits of Captain America: The First Avenger , the cinema event so many have been eagerly anticipating has arrived. The question is, can it possibly achieve the heights hoped for by so many? Yes. Yes it can. Fear not, for Joss Whedon has crafted a cinematic experience unlike anything that has preceded it. Watching The Avengers gives the viewer a feeling akin to that of watching Darth Vader duke it out with Indiana Jones. Though the properties contained within the film are, obviously, more easily paired (having all come from Marvel lore), the fact that each of the main characters has rece...
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