Saturday, May 18, 2024
Disclaimer: While not graphic, this article discusses a PG-13-rated film. Younger readers please read at your parents’ discretion. One of the most renowned fantasy series of all time, J.R.R. Tolkien’s three-volume masterpiece The Lord of the Rings inevitably receives the attention of innumerable studios and producers eager for a chance […]
Disclaimer: Article discusses multiple PG-13 rated movies. Younger students, please read only at your parents’ discretion. The Collins Dictionary defines the verb “typecast” as the act of casting a performer “repeatedly in a kind of role closely patterned after that of the actor’s previous successes” (“Typecast”). Many of those chasing […]
“Let’s do things differently this time. So differently,” Gwen Stacy preambles before plunging the audience into a slog of teenage-spider-woe. Whether the words were an intentionally prefaced film theme or just a spinoff of the opening lines of the first movie, Sony’s recent production of Spiderman: Across the Spider-Verse does […]
One would not expect an animated tale with a ten-foot obese baby, a bobblehead witch who runs a bathhouse, and masked, formless, faceless beings to resonate across a broad audience; yet each member of my family of movie connoisseurs, with all of our opposing opinions on film, appreciated the Studio […]
“I believe whatever doesn’t kill you simply makes you… stranger.” As the Joker took off his mask to reveal the menacing smile scarred across his face, writer-director Christopher Nolan’s name was forever cemented in cinematic history. From the caped crusader in Gotham to multilevel dream heists, his films have earned […]