I didn’t quite know what to expect as I settled in for my screening of Disney’s Zootopia , directed by Byron Howard and Rich Moore, and that’s probably for the best because if I had known in advance how charming this little…
10 Surprising 2016 Oscar Snubs
The Oscars are an event for recognizing the most talented artists working in film, but what if the most talented artists aren’t being recognized? Here are 10 different films and categories that were surprisingly ignored by the Academy in 2015.
Star Trek Beyond Trailer is all “boom” and no brains
This was my morning. I woke up to study for some finals, when a passing YouTube thumbnail made me think, “Screw finals… the new Trek trailer is up!” Could this be the one where they finally make these films allegorical?…
Jon’s Movie Review: ‘Beasts of No Nation’
War-torn countries and ferocious fighting are often sugar-coated or downplayed in an attempt to make them more palatable to the masses. War is not pretty, and to minimize its true scope and bloodshed takes away the real effects that come…
TIFF Report #9 (Mr. Right, Taxi, Beasts Of No Nation)
All you need for a movie is a girl and a gun. D.W. Griffith apparently uttered that phrase during the earlier stages of cinema’s development, and years later, the formula is as prominent as ever. Max Landis, the writer of…
The Jungle Book Comes To Life In First Trailer For Jon Favreau’s Adaptation.
Full disclosure, I’ve never seen the original Jungle Book movie from 1967. I was never raised on Disney’s animated classics, so I never really felt the need to go back and rediscover them. I’ve also been fairly aggravated with the…
How Zootopia Mastered Social Commentary
Zootopia is brimming with social commentary, racial subtext being a primary component to the development of its characters. Its protagonist, Judy, is a rabbit who despite her unmatched abilities as a police officer faces discrimination at the hands of her…