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Film Review – Tomb Raider (2018)
Tomb Raider (2018) is arguably the best film ever made based on a video game franchise. That’s not really saying much given the history of video game movies. This is the subgenre that spawned the likes of the Resident Evil and Hitman series. Even the…
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Film Review – A Wrinkle in Time
What A Wrinkle in Time (2018) gets right is understanding the intelligence, strength, and resiliency of children. They are far keener to the world around them as some would suspect, and aware of the circumstances they are placed into. Kids are often neglected as too…
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Film Review – Red Sparrow
Red Sparrow (2018) seems to be as interested in Jennifer Lawrence’s body than the characters in it. Lawrence plays Dominika, an accomplished Russian ballerina who – after a freak accident deprives her of her dancing dreams – somehow ends up as a super secret agent…
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Film Review – Death Wish (2018)
Death Wish (2018) comes at an unfortunate time. When mass killings have been a constant issue and the debate over firearms is at a fever pitch, releasing a movie in which a family man goes on a violent rampage of revenge doesn’t quite ring the…
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Blu-Ray Review – Law of the Border
Founded by filmmaker Martin Scorsese in 2007, the World Cinema Project’s goal is to find, restore and preserve films from around the world. To date the non-profit organization has restored over 750 films from around the globe. Working in coordination with the Criterion Collection, the…
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Film Review – Black Panther
Perhaps to acknowledge the ways in which Ryan Coogler’s Black Panther succeeds, it’s first important to recognize the context of its positionality. At this point in the lineage of Marvel Studios’ cinematic universe, we’ve seen over the course of ten years and seventeen films an…
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An Appreciation – Gun Crazy
What makes film noir so fascinating is how tied in it is to history. Of all the different styles, movements, and trends that have existed in cinema, noir is placed so firmly into the culture of the mid 20th century that it’s difficult not to…
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Film Review – Maze Runner: The Death Cure
Maze Runner: The Death Cure, the final film in the trilogy, is finally here. Originally scheduled to premiere in February 2017, the delay is due to Dylan O’Brien’s on-set injury while performing a stunt. Given that Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials hit theatres over two…
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