2016 is shaping up to be yet another huge year for superhero themed films. Deadpool hit theaters with a smash just last month, and in a couple months time we will see Captain America: Civil War kick things up, followed by X-Men: Apocalypse, then Suicide Squad a couple months after that. To say nothing of […]
Pee-Wee Herman (Paul Reubens) has not been on the screen big or small in about 25 years. When I cued up this movie on Netflix and saw the Pee Wee Pictures logo appear on the screen before the movie started, the warm feeling of nostalgia rushed over me like a tidal wave. Immediately, my thoughts […]
Some of you may be asking, “who is Boudica and why does she deserve a movie about her deeds?” Well it’s time for a quick history lesson – Boudica was the wife of Prasutagus, the Celtic King of the Iceni tribe in modern day Norfolk, England. Prasutagus allied himself with the Romans during their conquest […]
Check out Kat’s thoughts on if a Venom film can work without Spider-Man. Let us know your thoughts in the comments below:
When the trailer for 10 Cloverfield Lane arrived online around 2 months ago the internet ended up abuzz with excitement but also a bit of skepticism. The marketing for the first Cloverfield was absolutely brilliant, a marketing campaign that included no clear photographs of the monster, no idea how the monster terrorizes the city, no clue what part the […]
Christmas comes but once a year. As a matter of fact, so do film festivals, which can certainly feel like a kind of Christmas. Especially for the cinephile. Tuesday March 1st marked the official kickoff of the 26th Cinequest Film Festival and things got off to a strong, rolling start. Opening festivities were complete with […]
A utopia is a kind of system of social and political perfection. In such a system, individuals live and work in perfect harmony. So, it does feel a bit ironic when considering a film called Zootopia, which is obviously a play on the term utopia, particularly because we know inherently that there is more than […]
