Tag: film

Movie adaptations of novels have become more and more prevalent. Unfortunately, this is both a blessing and a curse because the quality of movie adaptations…

If I were a professor at an all-mutant school and the “X-Men” franchise were a mathematical equation with “X” being the constant and I asked…

The 89th Academy Awards premieres Feb. 26 at 7 p.m. and I’m here to give you a handy-dandy preview of Hollywood’s biggest night of the…

The Oscars have always been political. Think about the various controversies over films such as “American Sniper,” “Zero Dark Thirty” or “Crash.” Of course this…

Nadine Byrd is not having the best time. Her life is already terrible enough just being a teenage girl in her junior year of high…

The best way to describe Kelly Reichardt’s new film “Certain Women” is literary fiction made visual. Watching the images appear on screen, it’s easy to…

The city of Los Angeles and film noir go together like peanut butter and jelly, Sonny and Cher, or Bogart and jewel-encrusted falcons from Malta.…

J.J. Abrams seems to have his hands in every proverbial cookie jar these days. Whether he’s producing a show for Hulu (such as “11.22.63”), rebooting…

Don’t believe everything you’re told as a child. Contrary to what we’re told in our youth, cake can be a substitute for dinner, bedtimes are…

Animated movies aren’t synonymous with thought-provoking material. They are the kind that forces audiences to ruminate on the nature of human existence or some other…