Over the years, spy films have gradually become louder, more violent and ironically less stealthy. The days of a well-dressed man named James Bond charming his way into a party and quietly taking out the villain’s minions without spilling his…
Captain Marvel takes flight in first official trailer
The long-awaited Captain Marvel trailer is finally here! Starting with Captain Marvel, played by Oscar winner Brie Larson, crash landing into a Blockbuster Video, Marvel movie fans are thrust into a new (or older) era of the cinematic universe. Set…
Movie Review: Una
Adaptations from the stage to the screen are always tricky. No matter how solid a screenplay can be and while the use of film offers more ways to present its subjects, some elements in a play have trouble being translated…
Movie Review: Rogue One
Gareth Edwards’ Rogue One is all business, a one-offer relying solely on the function of fulfilling a paragraph in the original Star Wars (1977) title crawl which had only been thought of at the time as nothing more than an afterthought.…
Concert Review: Sia – Oakland, California – 10/1/2016
Buying a last minute ticket to see Sia was probably one of the best decisions I’ve made. Though at first, I was a little confused and hesitant. I remembered that she said she didn’t want to tour initially when her…
Movie Review: ‘Mississippi Grind’
Mississippi Grind is a new film starring Ryan Reynolds and Ben Mendelsohn, but it feels like it should already be celebrating its 40th anniversary. With all the trademarks of Hollywood cinema from the ’70s, directors Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck…
Jon’s Movie Review: “Slow West” Is A Modern Classic
There is an untamed purity to the West in the pre-colonization period. People were slowly making their way westward in the hopes of getting their own chance at the American Dream. The West not only embodied the American spirit of…