Warner Brothers and Christopher Nolan had a big hit this summer with Dunkirk (2017). However, this was not the only film based on the Dunkirk Evacuation. The 1958 version set to have special screenings at Camber Sands in East Sussex, England on September 20 and 21 before a DVD and Blu-ray re-release by StudioCanal. Dunkirk […]
Films like All Saints present an interesting challenge to film reviewers who are Christian. The reputation of Christian cinema and the inevitable comparison to the broader world of the film industry make for quite a juxtaposition. Production companies have seen the lucrative side of this market, but the genre continues to maintain the same reputation. […]
History, a subject that either galvanizes people or bores them to tears. Despite your views on history there is no denying that writers and filmmakers have looked to historical events for interpretation, from Spartacus’ rebellion, to the Scottish War for Independence to Abraham Lincoln’s efforts to pass the 13th Amendment. A film about the evacuation […]
Little white lies are a unique aspect of the human condition because there usually is never anything small or innocent about them. As most caring mothers eventually tell their children, ‘There is no such thing as a little white lie; all lies are lies.’ Mark Twain even attempts to introduce the notion of the good lie […]
Ocean’s Eleven director Steven Soderbergh’s newest film Logan Lucky, his first film after a 4-year retirement from directing major features, is a heist caper starring Channing Tatum, Adam Driver, and Daniel Craig. Jimmy Logan (Tatum) is a former high school football star, who is divorced from his high school sweetheart (Katie Holmes) and has just been laid […]
There are two kinds of summer popcorn movies on the less thoughtful end, meaning the less substantial type. There is the kind that can be fun, while also managing to annoy, confuse and perhaps make you upset at the fact that you have just wasted two hours of your life that you can’t get back; […]
Annabelle: Creation – the prequel to a spin-off from The Conjuring show there is plenty of life in The Conjuring series and a big improvement on 2014’s Annabelle. The Mullins family are a seemingly happy all-American family in the 1940s: but like in many beginnings in horror films The Mullins are struck with tragedy. 12-years later The Mullins open up their […]
