The first act of Zhang Yimou’s new film, Coming Home, is excellent. Set in the backdrop of Mao-communist China, there is an authentic and urgent tone to the narrative, as we meet Feng (Gong Li) and her daughter Dandan (Zhang…
Ally’s Movie Review: A Brilliant Young Mind
Morgan Matthews’ film wants to be three things at once. A coming of age story about a young introverted genius, a familial drama about a mother and son after the father is killed in a violent car accident, and a…
Movie Review: ‘Pay the Ghost’
It might be strange to say, but I’m actually disappointed that this movie wasn’t as bad as I thought it could be. When Nicolas Cage isn’t giving a good performance a la “Leaving Las Vegas,” he’s giving a hilariously bad…
Ally’s Movie Review: Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials
Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials is not a great film, but it had every potential to utilize its arsenal and failed in one key aspect. While the first film of The Maze Runner series was a fantastically singular introduction into this world,…
Ally’s Movie Review: Black Mass
Evil can manifest itself in the most surprising ways, through people who look like they live happy and normal lives, to those individuals we held as heroes. Sometimes good people do horrible things. However, sometimes that evil is manifested in…
A New Live Action ‘Mary Poppins’ Film Is Currently in Development by Disney
This afternoon it was confirmed that Disney is developing a new live action musical for Mary Poppins. It is said that the new film will take place 20 years after the events of the original, in Depression-era London. The…
Movie Review: ’90 Minutes in Heaven’
Although it’s centered around a fascinating true story, 90 Minutes in Heaven is plagued by an uneventful and padded out two hours. That title is actually quite misleading, especially as someone who was unfamiliar with the real life story. Only…