Tag: movies

“Chappie,” is the true successor to Neill Blomkamp’s directorial debut, “District 9.” Everything from the live action news shots to the realism of the characters…

When it comes to Valentine’s Day, you’re going to make some plans one way or another. Maybe they will be with that special someone, or…

The films of Paul Thomas Anderson can sometimes feel like incoherent drug trips, so it was only a matter of time until the critically acclaimed…

When I was eight years old, my favorite TV show was a late ’90s law-procedural comedy called “Ally McBeal.” It was during the 2000 season…

In a Missouri neighborhood, Nick Dunne (Ben Affleck) visits the bar he owns alongside his sister Margo. It’s his fifth wedding anniversary and it’s clear…

Remember in “Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope” when Obi Wan Kenobi described Mos Eisley Spaceport as a “wretched hive of scum and villainy”?…

George Orwell had it right when he wrote, “Four legs good, two legs bad.” This “Animal Farm” axiom is the driving theme behind “Dawn of…

Superman exists, and he’s American. Intentionally or not, Hollywood’s obsession with Marvel and DC subject material has led to a pseudo-repetition of the evolutionary stages…

Although many still consider the annual Academy Awards, the Oscars, as the be-all-end-all for choosing and rewarding the best works of the year in the…

It always warms my heart when a beloved book is faithfully adapted into a movie. In 2010, adaptations of both “Shutter Island” and “Harry Potter…