Get Scared: When Is It Appropriate for Children to Watch Horror Movies?
It’s October, fools. Time to get spooky. I’m going to be completely honest right now: I hate horror movies. I don’t like being scared. I...
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Face It: Batman is Hopeless
There’s been a lot of stir lately about the famous caped hero we call Batman. We’ve been given a look at our new Joker, Joaquin...
The Most Trustworthy People in Hollywood (I Hope)
I’m so tired of seeing that this actor or this actress has been involved in a scandal of some sort. I’m so sick of getting...
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...
Top 10 Summer Movies That’ll Make the Season Last A Little Longer
August is over, which means that fall is just around the corner. As much as I love fall, I wish that the summer could extend...
Top 10 Best World War I Movies
When it comes to war movies, there are two wars that seem to get way more silver screen recognition than the others: the Vietnam War...
Top 10 Actors Who Cannot Escape Their Famous Roles
There are some actors that can play a wide variety of characters. Tom Hanks, for example, can play anything from a starving man on a...
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...
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...
The Influence of Movies: How Far Does It Go?
Throughout my life, I’ve always believed that movies can have far-reaching effects. We’ve all experienced the influence of movies firsthand. When I was ten years...
Call Me Crazy: An ‘Avengers’ Sitcom?
Sound ludicrous? Like it won’t work out? Maybe it just sounds like a stupid idea to you. Whatever you think, at least to my explanation....
60 Years Later, What Can Vertigo Tell Us About Ourselves?
I recently rewatched Alfred Hitchcock’s 1958 classic, Vertigo, because it made it onto TCM’s list of Fathom events in celebration of its 60th anniversary. In...
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...
Top 10 Best Feel-Good Films
Maybe I’m just dramatic or a tad too involved in my news timeline, but I find it hard to not get depressed in this crazy...
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...
Film Review – Sundance Short Film Tour (2018)
At Williamstown, Massachusetts, this fourth of July, the local independent movie theater, Images Cinema, displayed a collection of short films that premiered at Sundance this...
Examining the Post-Credit Scene of ‘The First Purge’
After the fourth installment of the Purge franchise, The First Purge, audiences worldwide were given the news that a 10-episode TV series is the next thing...
Rookie of the Year: Play Ball!
Time to celebrate Rookie of the Year’s 25th anniversary! I’ll be honest — Rookie of the Year (1993) will never be near as good as The Sandlot (1993), but it’s sure...
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...
Keeping Our Favorite Actors Alive
Writer’s note: This article is for satirical and humorous purposes only. 2018 has already taken some of the greatest people of our generation: Barbara Bush,...
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)....
Top 10 Underrated Disney Movies
The Incredibles 2 (2018) has revived Disney mania once again. With the addition of another great movie to the Disney universe, people are reliving their favorite...
Opening Night Etiquette
Imagine this: it’s opening night for the movie you’ve been waiting to see for months. You bought your ticket in advance and arrived to the...
The MacGregor Brothers Discuss ‘Best F(r)iends’ and Working with Tommy Wiseau and Greg Sestero
Recently, independent film has undergone a renaissance period of sorts with wonderful talents producing wildly inventive and often beautiful pieces of art. And yet, if...
Top 10 Best Canadian Movies
Who doesn’t love Canada? I mean, my high school psychology teacher didn’t, but that’s beside the point. Canadians are kind, ride moose to school, and...
How Did The Incredibles Get So Popular?
Next week, The Incredibles 2 (2018) will hit theaters, and you’d best believe that I will be eagerly waiting in the theater queue to see my favorite...
There’s Only One Spin-off We Want: Obi-Wan Kenobi’s Story
If George Lucas, Ron Howard, Rian Johnson, or J.J. Abrams claim to listen to their fans at all, they would realize that there’s one movie...
Is A Quiet Place Tackling a Much Broader Political Plight?
I know what you’re thinking: another ideologue scraping the bottom of the barrel for any excuse to politically vent. This sentiment, I assure you, on...
Cameos That Would Have Made Solo Awesome
Writer’s note: This article is for satirical and humorous purposes only. If you haven’t seen Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018) yet, run away. Do not read this...
Finding Nemo: Parenting Class in Disguise
When Finding Nemo was released, 15 years ago today, this writer was childless (and about as single as one can possibly be). At that time,...
