In a city of stars, La La Land shines bright; brighter than the other movies of 2016, perhaps. Damian Chazelle (Whiplash) delivered one of the most eccentric, retro, whirlwind movies of the year, and it...
In their newest animated film, Disney gets it right. Moana is nearly perfect in every way,
from the characters, to the music, and to the animation itself.
The movie opens with a story central to...
The Harry Potter franchise is considered by many to be one of the tent pole
franchises in film, joining the ranks of Middle Earth, Star Wars, and Marvel. Yet
unlike a franchise, such as Star Wars,...
Much of the appeal of film is the ability to tell stories that reflect real life contemporary issues. Forrest Gump is considered an amalgam of 1970s-80s issues. Inception is a commentary on corporate brain...
Almost 20 years ago, famed 6 year old beauty pageant star JonBenét Ramsey’s body was found in the basement of her family home on December 26th 1996, hours after the girl’s mother called 911 to report...
In 1959, director William Wyler released a film adaptation of the Lee Wallace novel Ben-Hur. Starring Charleton Heston in the title role, the four hour film won eleven Oscars, a record yet to be beat.
Set...
Let’s be frank, the year of 2016 has been flooded and bashed with blockbuster hits. It was the year of the joker, a forgetful fish, and unfortunately, a raunchy sausage.
Sausage Party was the...
Captain America: Civil War (May 6)
Already being called one of the best films in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Civil War will be the third Captain America film and the thirteenth film in the MCU,...
While the year is far from over and there are a slew of new movies coming for the second half of 2016, it would seem apt to rank the best films of the year so far to measure where the industry has come...
A new trailer dropped for the upcoming film Independence Day: Resurgence. Showing more of the action, it is clear that the stakes are raised here, as massive ships gravitational pull rip entire cities...
Although music is an art, musical structure is very finite. There are only 12 notes, only so many chords you can make with those, and a limited number of orders you can put them in for a song. However,...
In the modern age, visual effects often drive the allure of films to transcend normal fare to spectacle. Now, any visual effects artist can animate a green screen background. This is often done too much,...
The first main trailer that dropped this past week was for the next film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Doctor Strange. As the next MCU movie to come after the upcoming Captain America: Civil War, Doctor...
