Predictable, tiresome, overdone, cliche…all terms I probably use for the majority of films I see. It’s hard to be original and different when we’re drowning in oceans of content at this point. And yes, while some of those words can be used to describe certain aspects of Werewolves Within— as it isn’t in any form…
A film’s length should ultimately count as nothing. Whether it’s the typical 90 or 120 minute run time; if a filmmaker does their job right the running time is arbitrary. With that being said, when I saw the running time for Italian Studies was under 90 minutes I was overjoyed. To me, this meant there…
Let’s get a little personal here. I remember seeing the original Saw when it came to theaters. I wasn’t the film’s biggest fan, but I appreciated its final twist. It didn’t matter if you figured it out ahead of time, or not. It was well conceived and delivered. As the subsequent films went down the…
The espionage action thriller was a mainstay of 90s cinema; and the novels of Tom Clancy were their bibles. While the continuation of Clancy’s characters and storylines continues through the 2000s, it wasn’t until Captain America: The Winter Soldier and Sicario came along that the movie going public seemed back on board the espionage train….
Things people don’t want in their movies; cliché characters, tired storytelling, too much exposition, bloated runtimes. Things people do want in their movies; big creatures punching each other into oblivion. Since the resurgence of the Godzilla/Kong cinema universe, audiences seem to feel they haven’t had enough of the latter. While the new Godzilla Vs. Kong…
Everyone took it on good faith that Michael Keaton would be in some part reprising his role as Batman in the upcoming The Flash film. That may not be a done deal yet, though. What would keep Keaton from returning to the role? While it seemed definite that Keaton was set to reprise his version…
The life and subsequent death of actress Brittany Murphy will be the subject of a new Documentary series coming to HBO Max. Murphy, died in 2009 at the age of 32 after fighting pneumonia. online pharmacy phenergan with best prices today in the USA Her husband, Simon Monjack, would pass five months later. online pharmacy…
In Making “The Last Blockbuster,” Director Taylor Morden Reminds Us of Many Visit to The Video Store That Made the Screen Come Alive There was a time, going to the video rental store, was an adventure in and of itself. Without laying out a wad of cash, one could take home armfuls of cinematic pleasure…
WeWork: Or the Making and Breaking of a $47 Billion Unicorn Premieres at SXSW 2021 Reflecting the old chestnut, “truth is stranger than fiction,” the documentary, WeWork: Or The Making and Breaking of a $47 Billion Unicorn illustrates that saying perfectly. Director Jed Rothstein’s doc feature tells of the incredibly swift rise of WeWork co-founder…
Black film mogul and director Spike Lee will be presiding over the jury at the 74th running of the Cannes Film Festival, some 35 years after one of his own early films, “She’s Gotta Have It” had premiered there. Other Spike Lee joints that were shown at Cannes include “Do the Right Thing” in 1989…
A coming-of-age classic bridging the 80s and 90s, Pump Up the Volume launched the careers of its stars Christian Slater and Samantha Mathis. With a soundtrack that represented much of the best music of the era, the film detailed a pirate radio station helmed by a high schooler (Slater) set in the wilds of…
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