There are few literary series which are as creative or intricate as Stephen King’s “Dark Tower” anthology. Over the span of eight novels and a standalone short story, King weaves an ultimate tale of good versus evil. His characters are deep and complex, heroes often doing terrible things or making painful sacrifices in the name [...]
David Leitch might not be a recognizable name to most, but it likely soon will be. His career as a stunt actor/coordinator covers 82 films and includes some of the most memorable American action films of the past 20 years. After working on the Matrix Trilogy, he and Chad Stahelski were approached by Keanu Reeves [...]
Christopher Nolan has been quick to correct those who dismiss his latest film as a War Movie. “It’s not a war movie, it’s a survival movie.” Indeed, while it does take place in 1940 during WWII, it’s a story not of battle, but of 400,000 allied soldiers stranded on a beach, surrounded by the enemy, [...]
Occasionally we come across a film that deserves to be admired for a variety of reasons but still cannot be recommended as a “good movie.” For simplicity's sake, this article’s definition of a “good movie” is a film that can be recommended to a specific audience group who will appreciate the experience it provides. By [...]
It’s rare that the sequel of a remake of a franchise that started in the 60’s could be considered as one of the year’s best films, but writer/director Matt Reeves has done just that with the emotionally charged “War for the Planet of the Apes.” Five years after the climactic battle in “Dawn of [...]
Two idioms repeatedly pop into mind when watching Sofia Coppola’s 2017 remake of “The Beguiled.” “A fox in the henhouse” and “Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned” neatly encapsulate the atmosphere within this tense drama set near the end of the Civil War. Colin Farrell plays John McBurney, an injured Yankee soldier [...]
I don’t even know where to start. If you are looking forward to this movie, then you’ll be happy to know that it is a notable improvement over the previous Transformers movie. “Age of Extinction” was almost universally disliked by both critics AND audience members but somehow still managed to gross over a billion [...]
Regardless of what you thought of "The Mummy", everyone seems to agree that the Zero-G plane crash scene was pretty incredible. Even more impressive is that this was almost entirely a practical stunt, shot over the course of 64 takes aboard what's been dubbed the "Vomit Comet." To fully appreciate what went into this stunt, you [...]
Having a cinematic universe is the latest fad in Hollywood. Apparently, a studio isn’t relevant unless they have a full “universe” of films slated for the upcoming decade(s). It’s incredibly pretentious to lay claim to a full universe with the first film that exists within it, and yet, that’s exactly what Universal does in the [...]
