With great technology comes great responsibility, or something like that. Perhaps I’m paraphrasing something of greater importance and meaning, but then again so is the film version of Cell. Master of horror Stephen King has lent his stories to multiple different…
Movie Review: ‘The Hateful Eight’
Quentin Tarantino, the only contemporary director of a blaxploitation film, a samurai movie and a Nazi revenge fantasy, baptizes his audiences in blood, rebirthing them through vengeance. But what’s most fascinating about Tarantino’s latest three films – Inglorious Bastards, Django…
First Trailer for The Legend of Tarzan Debuts
Apparently not content with the success of Cinderella alone, Hollywood is now reviving Tarzan, which, if anything else, had one of the best soundtracks of 1999. Being predictably rebooted, the new film stars Alexander Skarsgard as the titular Tarzan, and, more importantly and fittingly,…
Jon’s Movie Review: ‘Chi-Raq’
Chi-Raq (mostly) successfully combines the over-the-top comedy style of the Greek play with the tragic, rhyming melodrama of a Shakespearean work. The two tones erratically dance around each other, sometimes finding themselves in a complementary step. Throughout the film, their clashing is…
Jon’s Movie Review: ‘Big Game’
This summer, the blockbuster films have been like going through a barren, scorching desert. Every once in a while, we come across a few refreshing oases that keep us going and continue to give us life. When your choices this weekend…
Jon’s Movie Review: “Barely Lethal” Is Deadly If Ingested
When we’re in high school, we’re told that we can be anything we want. We go through phases like outfit changes, trying on each new attitude, outlook, or personality until one feels right. The potential is limitless, so we’re told.…
Ally’s Movie Review: Avengers: Age of Ultron
Earth’s Mightiest Heroes are back for a thrilling, fun and–dare I say it?–darker film. While it doesn’t achieve the same feeling as its critically and commercially beloved predecessor, it’s a sequel befitting the model Marvel has created and a success…