What is Cinema?: Breaking Down Martin Scorsese vs. Marvel
What are movies? What makes one movie “cinema” and another a “theme park ride”? These clickbait questions have been on everyone’s mind lately. Martin Scorcese...
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Film Review – The Perfection (2019)
The Perfection reportedly received rave reviews at its screening at Fantastic Fest and was described as being both “elegant” and “terrifying.” Such acclaims naturally piqued...
Will Movie Theaters Become Obsolete?
Helen Mirren just followed a possible trend of hating on streaming services. After director Steven Spielberg said Netflix movies shouldn’t be allowed to compete for...
The 2019 Oscar For Best Actress Should Go To… Glenn Close for ‘The Wife’
For everyone who dreams of making it in Hollywood, only a small handful will see their dreams become reality. Among that small handful, an ever-smaller...
Film Review – Who Will Write Our History (2019)
Legendary film critic Roger Ebert once said, “…movies are like a machine that generates empathy.” That movies make us care about people and situations we...
Fighting ‘Fyre’ With ‘Fyre’: Exploring Both Fyre Festival Documentaries
Nothing makes someone of my generation feel more out of touch than being presented with a topic that “everyone was talking about.” And we’ve never...
‘Rain Man’: 30 Years of Misrepresenting Autism
Rain Man was first released in December of 1988. To say people were more ignorant about autism back then would be a vast understatement. In...
Film Review – Creed II (2018)
As a lifelong Rocky fan, it’s always an exciting time when a new film in the franchise is set to debut. The pressure is high...
Film Review – The Christmas Chronicles (2018)
Now that we’ve emerged from our respective Thanksgiving food comas, and braved Black Friday, our brains shift over to the winter setting. As the Holiday...
Film Review – Denver Film Festival Short Films Part 4 (2018)
These short films were featured at the Denver Film Festival from October 31st to November 11th. This is the fourth article in our series covering...
Film Review – London Fields (2018)
London Fields is based on the 1989 novel by Martin Amis and — after being shot in 2014 — has spent the past five years...
Film Review – Denver Film Festival Short Films Part 1 (2018)
These short films will be playing at the Denver Film Festival from October 31st to November 11th. Head over to the DFF’s website to purchase your tickets!...
‘The Wiz’ and I at 40
The movie version of The Wiz was released October 24, 1978. I was released in December of the same year. So, you could say we’ve...
Top 10 Best Phil Hartman Movies
Phil Hartman was a truly multi-talented entertainer, perhaps best known for his work on television. After all, Saturday Night Live, The Simpsons, and NewsRadio are...
Singin’ in the Rain vs. It’s a Wonderful Life – Best vs. the Best
This article pitting Singin’ in the Rain vs. It’s a Wonderful in the Best vs. the Best series was originally published on reelreader.com, a great website...
The Hardest Working Actor In Hollywood: A Look Back at Bruce Dern’s Career
With the release of White Boy Rick this week and roles in two other movies this month, it brings a total of eight movies already...
The Best Movies of August 2018
In recent years, August has been a wasteland of sorts, caving in on itself after a plethora of blockbusters have sopped all of the money...
My 10 Best Movies Of 1998
July marked the 20th anniversary of the release of Saving Private Ryan, Steven Spielberg’s World War II Opus. This movie holds a special significance for...
Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF) Reviews – Part 2 (August 7-9)
This is Part 2 of my mini reviews from the Melbourne International Film Festival. If you missed Part 1, read it here. Let’s jump right...
The Worst Movies of July 2018
Well, this article is probably long overdue. That’s what happens when life gets in the way — it has a funny way of doing that...
Why The Gangster Sub-Genre Just Isn’t As Relevant Today
The crime/gangster sub-genre contains in itself an anachronistic library of classically defining workings. Historically, the genre seemed to have generally trickled down in relevance, peeking...
Why I’m Struggling to Be Enthusiastic About Bradley Cooper’s ‘A Star Is Born’
As far back as I can remember I’ve enjoyed watching movie musicals from what they call the golden age of Hollywood. Some particular favorites of...
Film Review – The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (2018)
Netflix will have hits and misses in its quest to master the process of providing quality original content. As Calibre (2018), Sunday’s Illness (2018) and...
What Exactly Went Wrong With The Hobbit?
In July, Amazon revealed the first concrete information about it’s upcoming Prime Original The Lord of The Rings prequel. They announced the show runners to be Godzilla vs....
Top 10 Movies That Take On Race Relations
In his review of BlackKklansman (2018), starring John David Washington and Adam Driver, Collin Willis notes that recent films Get Out (2107) and Sorry to...
Going to the Movies Alone — Give It a Chance!
Traditionally, when people think about going to the movies they think of groups of people or a couple on a date. Rarely — or never...
Film Review – Puzzle (2018)
Puzzle (2018) might be a rare gem. A foreign-born story that successfully migrates in to the U.S. One of the least tapped sources for American...
There is No Magic: Exploring ‘George A. Romero’s Martin’ and its Companion Piece ‘The Transfiguration’
The late great George A. Romero is mostly known for his Dead Series, particularly the first three, starting from the black/white shocker Night of the Living...
Film Review – Calibre (2018)
Calibre (2018) follows the fate of vacationing hunters, and arrives this summer amid a steady flow of independent films on the festival circuit that find their...
After 10 Years, are We Ready for a ‘Step Brothers’ Sequel?
Adam McKay’s Step Brothers (2008), like a fine Catalina Wine Mixer, gets better with age. Therefore, my way to celebrate its 10-year anniversary is to suggest...
Purging My Woody Allen Collection
Well, I did it. I drove to a Goodwill donation center a few days ago, and dropped off the majority of my Woody Allen DVD...
Top 10 Best Tom Hardy Performances
Tom Hardy. What exactly do we think of him? Well, love him or hate him (and evidently, not many seem to dislike him), and without...
Film Review – The Legacy of a Whitetail Deer Hunter (2018)
Many will have anticipated the release of this comedy/drama about an absent father trying to reconnect with his young son by passing down his love...
Who Is Thomasin McKenzie? — The Breakout Star of ‘Leave No Trace’
You may not have heard the name Thomasin McKenzie but it won’t be long before you are seeing her everywhere. McKenzie’s performance in Leave No Trace...
Can ‘IT: Chapter 2’ Really Succeed As Good As The First?
Andres Muschietti’s record-breaking It (2017) had an impressive impact on audiences and critics just less than a year ago. Arguably so, the Stephen King adaptation...
Film Review – To Each, Her Own (2018)
Before the review officially begins, I must offer this advice: For the love of everything we hold dear, if you watch this film on Netflix,...
Film Review – Sunday’s Illness (2018)
Arriving without fanfare on Netflix, Ramón Salazar’s La Enfermedad del Domingo (Sunday’s Illness) reveals itself to be an exquisite treasure not to be missed. Elegantly rendered, and realized...
Foul Ups, Faux Pas, and Flubs: When Actors Screw Up
It seems like no matter how clean-cut an actor or actress is, they end up tarnishing their image somehow (except for my boy Tom Hanks)....
Pride Month: A Look Back at LGBT Characters In 3 Old Hollywood Films
Movies made during Hollywood’s Golden Age weren’t always kind to the LGBT community. As little more than a covert group of sexual deviants, LGBT people...
Film Review – Brain on Fire (2018)
Netflix continues their weekly promise of putting out new movie content to accustom to people’s growing lack of interest in going out to the cinema....
