Kids movies are ready to escape Amblin’s influence
If you’re wondering why the vaguely generic-looking family adventure movie The Kid Who Would Be King is receiving surprisingly positive reviews, look no further than writer-director Joe Cornish. He isn’t a major marquee name in the United States, but he wrote and directed the 2011 film Attack the Block, which gave a low-budget alien / monster feature a distinctly English, class-conscious spin. His film credits since then have been scant but enviable: he co-wrote Steven Spielberg’s Tintin movie with Steven Moffat and Edgar Wright, received a story credit on Marvel’s Ant-Man (thanks to his involvement in the film’s initial development under Wright), and made a cameo in The Last Jedi.
His long-awaited second film as writer-director, The Kid…
