Summer. A time for relaxation. A time for beaches, bathing suits and bad tans. And a time for going to the movie theater and seeing big Hollywood blockbusters. The thought of going to the movies in the...

In 1988, the people of Chile were given an option: they could either vote to keep dictator Augusto Pinochet in power for another eight years or abolish the dictatorship. The people could either vote “Yes”...

With Iron Man 3 arriving this week, you may be looking for other superhero films to whet your appetite. Fear not, here are my five favorite superhero films that I think you’ll enjoy too. 1.Superman...

Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a bus, Martin Luther King Jr. preached non-violent protesting, and Jackie Robinson was the first black baseball player to play in the major leagues. 42, from writer/director...

To celebrate the opening of the new sci-fi movie Oblivion, here is a list of five excellent science fiction movies. 5. WALL-E (2008): A great movie has not only a political warning but also a humanity,...

Danny Boyle has made quite a name for himself in Hollywood, from his mind-numbing movies like Trainspotting to his widely popular films like Slumdog Millionaire and 127 Hours. He’s even directed a segment...

For me, a post-apocalyptic wasteland is a very rich and interesting setting, so when I heard about Oblivion, a film about a group of individuals in charge of cleaning up Earth after it has been ruined...

Twenty years ago, Steven Spielberg brought us Jurassic Park, a film that would spark a generation’s love for dinosaurs. Now the film has been brought back to the big screen (as many films have been recently)...

From the minute I saw the trailer for this movie (with its emotional exposition to the almost unbearable piano chords crashing during the second half of the trailer), I had my suspicions that it would...

With Oblivion opening next week, it brings with it an original score composed by popular group M83. The score is fantastic, and movie scores always make great music to listen to while doing homework, so...

When you think of film critics, the most infamous name that comes to mind is Roger Ebert, Pulitzer-Prize winning author and film critic. The renowned critic has been battling cancer for several years now,...

If Hasbro’s newest film G.I. Joe: Retaliation proves one thing, it’s that the time tested method of adding Dwayne Johnson to anything makes it better than its predecessors. The film, which was originally...

For die-hard Stephenie Meyer fans, The Host has been a long-awaited movie adaptation. It premiered on March 29 and, while some aspects of the movie were really good, others fell flat. The Host is a...

The Evil Dead (a remake of the 1981 original) gives you the widely-known cliché, introduced in the original, of college and/or high school students just hanging out in a creepy old and remote cabin, doing...

The Harry Potter movies taught me many things, but probably my most important lesson came in the first one, very early in the movie. Harry is anxiously awaiting his letter from Hogwarts after it keeps...