Living up to its subtitle to venture into a higher level of solidarity, The Fantastic Four: First Steps presents the proper elevated level of accountability and character connection that comes with family. From that genealogical bedrock, all of the other emerging drama and tension is granted extra ounces, pounds, and tons of importance. By addressing and including such emphasis, this new foray succeeds mightily where previous cinematic interpretations have failed.
Read MoreFor many, the stark and startling films of Robert Eggers are existential affairs and appointment viewing for those cinephiles who overuse the term “elevated horror.” To others, his level of haunting disquiet triggers them all the wrong ways. No matter where one sits, audiences will marvel at the strong female nucleus of Nosferatu and the vigorous lyrical poetry given to unholy terror. As his own master of the horror genre who set out to achieve a decade-plus passion project, Eggers unleashed his vision in an unshackled and uninhibited way only he could accomplish.
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