This year’s second attempt at presidential biography falls short because it’s unsure where it’s going.
Every time you sit down for a movie, whether it’s in the theater or your home, you have a preconception about what’s going to run on that screen for the next two hours. The previews certainly influence this. So do the cast and their filmography. Perhaps the writer has a trope that just won’t die. Or, a […]
Project X gives us some thoughts about the reasons for piracy.
On the heels of Django Unchained, we take a look at Tarantino’s best characters.
It was inevitable that, someday, someone would be reading Twilight while watching the Walking Dead.
There’s always one film that causes audiences to jeer … in part because it gets a bit too close.
Violence, exploitation, cultural commentary: vintage Tarantino.
It doesn’t try to be the book, which is a good thing in the long run.
Gus van Sant takes a diplomatic approach to the fracking issue, so long as you don’t watch the last twenty minutes.
Christmas movies are a staple at this time of year, whether you have your classics, your canonical, or just your personal favorites. Within each movie, there are a number of the same tropes and themes: the importance of family, encroaching consumerism, the lost recognition of the holiday, and the diminishing Christmas spirit. In addition, there are often […]