When Werner Herzog traveled into the Amazon rainforest, he found chaos and madness. But when James Gray ventured into it for his film The Lost City of Z, he found poetry and purpose. Based on David Grann’s book of the…
Movie Review: ‘Captain America: Civil War’
Before I have this incredibly difficult conversation with Marvel, let me get something straight. I am, and always will be, a defender of superhero movies. You’ll never see me writing a thinkpiece about how the genre is decaying, or how…
Movie News: First Trailer Debuts for Ron Howard’s ‘In the Heart of the Sea’
Ron Howard and Chris Hemsworth have teamed up again after their turn in 2013’s underrated Rush, and it looks like it could either be a cinematic spectacle, or something that misses the mark. The first trailer for In the Heart of the…
Allyson’s Movie Review: The Impossible
The Impossible had a daunting task in front of them to tackle: they had to shoot a film based on a hugely tragic natural disaster and not make it feel exploitive. This film toed the line dangerously close, and it…