“Me and this fat kid / We ran we ate and read books / And it was the best”, reads Hec Faulkner’s haiku. His writing describes the tale told in the film Hunt for the Wilderpeople.
Wilderpeople...
It’s really hard to find a good horror movie these days, the kinds that have meaningful buildups and storylines instead of the boring old copy-and-pasted subjects with millions of dollars poured into...
Fall Guy is both an action packed rom-com and a love letter to the stunt community, loosely based off of the 1980s TV show of the same name (ABC, 1981–1986). The movie is an attempt to bring more recognition...
Have you heard of the movie Dune? Have you seen it mentioned on YouTube or TikTok, but still haven’t watched it later because you think it'll be a waste of time? I’m here to tell you that both films...
IF (2024) tries to mix together heartfelt emotion with whimsical fantasy but ultimately falls somewhere in the middle of meh.
Directed by John Krasinski, the film takes us through the life of Bea...
There have been a tremendous number of movies out this new year and over the holiday break: Mean Girls, Wonka, Anyone But You.
But what about The Boys in the Boat? This movie is a true...
Are you a fan of wearing pink on Wednesday? Got a love of showtunes? Maybe a fondness for the modern day classic? If you answered yes to any of those questions, and even if you didn’t, have I got a movie...
Golden tickets, a huge factory, and tons of chocolate. Have you ever wondered how Willy Wonka started it all and rose to fame?
Wonka, the amazing new prequel to the Willy Wonka movies we all know...
Aquaman: The Lost Kingdom (2023) follows Aquaman (Jason Mamoa); as he tries to defeat Black Manta (Yahya Abdul-Mateen II); once again. Black Manta is back and much more powerful than before as he now has...
It's officially that time. Radio stations have ditched the festive music, New Year's resolutions are dropping like flies, and February has started feeling gloomier than ever. Although the holiday season...
The Marvels
Following the post-credits scene of Ms. Marvel (2022) where Iman Velani’s Kamala Khan is shown swapping places with Brie Larson’s Carol Danvers, The Marvels brings us back to see the...
Come along with Barbie as she discovers that the Real World, with all of its problems, is extremely different from her perfect, pink, female-centric Barbieland.
Barbie was released in theaters on...
Isabella (Belly) Conklin has been going to Cousins, a beach town in Massachusetts, every summer since she was a kid. With her older brother Steven and her mom Laurel, they stay with her Mom’s best friend,...
“It’s not over until the Mockingjay sings.” These striking words with layers of complex meaning are uttered by Lucy Gray Baird, a main character in the book by Suzanne Collins and upcoming movie...
Originally published Nov. 12, 2023.
On July 14th, The Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) went on strike and the slow crawl of the Hollywood machine...
Spiderman: Across the Spiderverse follows Miles Morales a year and three months after his debut as Spiderman in Spiderman: Into the Spiderverse (2018). Across the Spider Verse released June 2nd, 2023....
What's your favorite scary movie? Is it Halloween? Hereditary maybe? or an even weirder one movie like The Babadook? For many, their answer would be any one of the Five Scream movies, but are their answers...
Responding to Scorsese's Take on Marvel Movies
Martin Scorsese once said that Marvel movies are not cinema. A lot of people disagreed with him. But as Marvel’s quality has gone down and their output...
Have you ever read a book or played a video game and then, when a movie adaptation finally comes out you see it and think to yourself: Why did they change all of that? But: does changing a lot necessarily...
Driven by amazing characters that feel truly relatable, Everything Everywhere All At Once is a brilliant film that's become one of the most talked-about movies of the year. Directed by Dan Kwan and Daniel...
Netflix’s “Monster” series, starring actor Evan Peters, is a dramatized autobiographical show about the serial killer Jeffrery Dahmer and the people he affected. It hops between the perspectives...
“Human touch. Our first form of communication. Safety, security, comfort, all in the gentle caress of a finger. Or the brush of lips on a soft cheek. It connects us when we're happy, bolsters us in times...
When master thief Rusty calls Benedict after they rob his casino, Benedict answers with this threat: “All right, you proved your point. You broke into my vault. Congratulations, you're a dead man.” ...
Impossible to review as good or bad, Dr. Strange in the Multiverse of Madness is a tonal and cinematic outlier from what we’ve become accustomed to over the last decade and a half of Marvel films.
Critically...
This year is unusually stacked with big-name releases and long-awaited flicks. Covid-19 took its toll on the summer blockbuster season over the last couple of years and delayed the release of dozens of long-awaited films.
There have been many accusations towards author J.K. Rowling concerning racism and classism in the Harry Potter series, and transphobia surrounding Rowling’s online comments/actions.
Pixar’s latest movie, Turning Red, was released on February 21st of 2022. It is a coming-of-age story about a Chinese-Canadian teen struggling with puberty, emotions and her family's expectations.
Because...
Spiraling through the multiverse once again, Miles Morales is back for his 2nd feature film. Spider-man Across the Spider-verse swings into theaters on October 7th, 2022.
Accompanied by Gwen Stacy...
At the height of martial arts movies in the late 1960s and early ’70s, Marvel comics encouraged their team to develop a martial arts-based superhero. Steve Englehart and Jim Starlin hoped to build...
