Lesson 141: Mortal Engines - Darn You and the City You Rode In On
The Filmlosophers, Eddie Villanueva, Chad Riley and Spencer Williams, get their steampunk on with this week's review of Mortal Engines (2018). Directed by Christian Rivers, this cacophonous and nearly incomprehensible film stars Hugo Weaving, Hera Hilmar, Robert Sheehan, Jihae, Ronan Raftery, Leila George, Patrick Malahide, and Stephen Lang. Producers and co-writers Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens and Peter Jackson (of Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit fame) adapted children's book illustrator and author Philip Reeve's young adult book series for the big screen to questionable effect...but at…
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