TV Review: Westworld 1×01 “The Original”

(SPOILERS BELOW) Westworld is without question HBO’s biggest make-or-break series since Game of Thrones first premiered. Sure, their miniseries and TV movie departments have continued to perform well, but the network has struggled to conjure the next big hit series. After several…

Movie Review: Ben-Hur

There is a peculiar shot before the sea battle in Timur Bekmambetov’s Ben-Hur.  The eponymous character is shackled, badly bruised and covered in mud, the effects of poor living conditions on the Roman Vessel he has been imprisoned on for…

Ben Hur The Misguided Remake

Coming into Ben Hur, to say the stakes were high for this re-imagined Oscar classic would be an understatement. With the 1959 version having collected 11 Oscars back in the day replicating that same success was an impossibility. But with…

Antonio Banderas Is Part of ‘The 33’

Back in 2010, you, I, and the rest of the world followed the story of a group of thirty-three miners that were buried alive by the collapse of a 100-year-old gold and copper mine in Copiapó, Chile. Their globally-televised rescue, which took over…

Will Smith’s ‘Focus’ Has a Trailer

Will Smith is back as a con-artist and mastermind in the first official trailer for Focus, an upcoming thriller co-directed by Glenn Ficarra and John Requa (Crazy, Stupid, Love. and I Love You Phillip Morris). Starring Margot Robbie, Rodrigo Santoro, BD…