The Yellow Birds begins with a tranquil image of flowing water, followed by a graceful camera pan over American troops marching cautiously over a war-ravaged Iraqi landscape. It’s an unusually peaceful snapshot of the Iraq war described from an almost…
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…
Interview: Nicholas Sparks, Britt Robertson, and Scott Eastwood on the ‘The Longest Ride’
I sat down with Britt Robertson, Scott Eastwood, and Nicholas Sparks to talk about their upcoming film, The Longest Ride. This is Nicholas Sparks’ tenth film adaptation. Tenth! You might be thinking this story will most likely consist of the…
Ally’s Movie Review: American Hustle
I didn’t enjoy this movie. I’ll preface what I’m about to say by making sure it’s known that I didn’t think it was a bad film–there was nothing laughable about it, the acting was solid and the writing got us…