Billy Wilder is one of the greatest writer/directors of his generation, making numerous classic movies from the 1940s to the 1960s and having two Oscar wins for Best Director to his name. One of his award-winning movies, Stalag 17, is now being re-released by Eureka Entertainment as a part of their Masters of Cinema Collection. In […]
The coming-of-age sub-genre of teenage movies is a well-worn one, done to death at this point. They’re a dime a dozen, with characters who always learn valuable lessons that enrich their lives as they transition from adolescence to young adulthood. When done well, they can transcend the genre like the excellent examples of The Perks of […]
“Oh, Adam Sandler”. This seems to be the thought on everybody’s mind every time a new movie is released with him headlining it. There is an assumption that there will be those Adam Sandler-y moments, you understand. The ones where he invariably ends up yelling his lines in an annoying fashion, the ones that ask […]
Throughout cinema’s history there have been certain genres that have, and always will, exist: comedy, horror, and the action/thriller. That being said, whenever we see a new take on certain tropes it is fresh, new, and creative. When we see the same thing over and over again, it becomes stale, trite, and cliche. Sarik Andreasyan’s action/crime […]
Southpaw is the latest movie to join the boxing movie subgenre, a movie with a great cast, but weighed down by moments of melodrama and clichéd dialogue. Billy Hope (Jake Gyllenhaal) is the light-heavyweight champion of the world, a boxer at the top of his game. He is wealthy beyond belief, has a loving wife, […]
In 1948, a letter laid the foundation for a scandalous love affair which lasted for almost a decade and produced three children and five feature films. Its author was Ingrid Bergman, one of Hollywood’s most popular and glamorous stars. After seeing Rome, Open City and Paisan, the Casablanca-star was struck with admiration for director Roberto Rossellini and expressed her desire […]
Since before the theatrical version of the X-Men: Days of Future Past was released in theaters, we all knew that members of the original X-Men films would be present to take part in a movie version of one of the most well-known and beloved graphic novels ever. Anna Paquin’s Rouge was one such character to have been featured, only […]
Many people were concerned about how Ant-Man, Marvel Studios’s latest endeavor, would turn out. And rightfully so. In addition to seeming like a strange concept to those not familiar with the comics — “A man who can shrink down and control ants?” — the film was plagued with troubles through its development, including the loss […]
Here we are with the fifth entry in the Terminator franchise. As with any new installment, we wonder what, if anything, will we see that ends up surprising us? What will we get that is new and fresh? These are questions that become even more potent, particularly when you are dealing with a 30-plus year […]
Sherlock Holmes is one of the most enduring characters in fiction, appearing in books, movies, plays and many other forms of media. There have been many interpretations and revisionist takes of the character, including the adaptation of Mitch Cullin’s A Slight Trick of the Mind by Bill Condon. In 1947 Sherlock Holmes (Ian McKellen) is […]
