Warcraft (also known as Warcraft: The Beginning) is a gorgeous fantasy production on a grand scale with a narrative that never quite lives up to its visual spectacle and epic action. Directed and co-written by Duncan Jones, and based on the fantasy video game series of the same name by Blizzard Entertainment, Warcraft is set […]
The assumption about wuxia movies is that they are all about exciting action and fantastic costumes and set design. The 2015 Chinese movie The Assassin offers something different – tedium. In the 8th century, provinces in China are breaking away from the authority of the Emperor. Yinniang (Shu Qi) is a noble woman who has […]
Despite receiving mixed reviews and being a mostly forgettable fantasy movie, Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland was a financial success, making over $1 billion Worldwide. With numbers like that it is easy to see why Disney would want to make a sequel and after six years it has come in the form of Alice Through […]
Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End came out recently to glowing reviews, with most critics praising it for its fantastic storytelling and character development, as well as its breathtaking visual presentation. The word “cinematic” is often brought up, and with good reason – A Thief’s End, like the rest of the games in the Uncharted series, […]
20th Century Fox has announced that the final part in The Maze Runner trilogy, The Death Cure, is now scheduled for release on January 12, 2018. That is almost a year after the movie’s original February 2017 planned release. The production was delayed when star Dylan O’Brien was injured during a tragic accident on set […]
Trailer Round-Up is a brief look at some of the latest movie trailers and teasers. Check them out below. Beauty and the Beast Bill Condon is directing Disney’s live action reimagining of the classic animated feature Beauty and the Beast, starring Emma Watson as Belle, Dan Stevens as the Beast, Ian as Cogsworth, Luke Evans […]
The Club tackles weighty themes and difficult questions, but robs a potentially powerful story out of any sense of drama, intrigue, tension or emotional investment. Directed by Pablo Larrain, The Club is a 2015 Chilean drama that centers around a group of former priests that live in a secluded house in a small town. The house is […]
