Every introductory film class begins with one of cinema’s greatest tales: In 1896, the Lumière brothers screened a 50-second silent film called, in English, The Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat Station. As legend has it, when the gigantic Read More …
One would think making a forceful movie about one of the most beloved and badass characters in fictional history would be simple, if not downright easy. And yet time and time again, Wolverine finds himself neutered by the powers that Read More …
I saw “Django Unchained” a few weeks ago, before the Sandy Hook tragedy, and truth be told I hadn’t connected the the two until I sat down to write this review and began to think of the extreme violence present Read More …
Paul Thomas Anderson is not known for making easy pictures. Even his most accessible film, “Boogie Nights,” finds its way into tough character dynamics, questions of conscience, and outsider morality. “The Master” runs in a similar vein. The protagonists are Read More …
Add 2 Fast 2 Furious to It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad World. Toss in a sprinkle of Pulp Fiction, a pinch of Valley of the Dolls and, hell, a little Walk to Remember. Sound like a lot going on? Such Read More …
Bad news. The Campaign is so NOT Anchorman. (I know it sounds ridiculous to think any movie could top Will Ferrell’s greatest achievement save Mugatu, his Zoolander role, but I had hope.) Ferrell’s latest creation, the misogynistic Southern buffoon politician Read More …
From Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris, the duo responsible for Little Miss Sunshine’s charming and torn family, comes Ruby Sparks, a movie that shows one man’s fiction becoming reality while fleshing out truth behind the prevalent manic pixie dream girl archetype. This marks actress/playwright Zoe Kazan’s … Read More …
This is a bittersweet day for Batman fans. On one hand, the release of The Dark Knight Rises—what must be one of the most anticipated events in movie history—is finally here; on the other hand, this marks the end of Read More …
Superhero movies, as the adage goes, are like pizzas–even when they’re bad, they’re still pretty good. Or so it seemed, until the black cloud that was Spider-Man 3 hit theaters, showing the world what life would be like had Hitler Read More …
It’s not common for moviegoers to rave about a studio. More often than not, people’s interest in a movie boils down to who’s in it (I just looove George Clooney), what it’s about (get this: it’s a hotel… for dogs), Read More …