Here’s Looking at You
LinkWhile action and visual effects dominate our screens these days, editor Vugar Efendi reminds us that at the core of every great film are its characters, with this wonderful retrospective. Along the...
View ArticleBoiler Room: Persuasion & Manipulation
LinkSales middleman CostFixed hawks its services with… a movie essay? It’s well done though, and stands on its own. It uses Ben Affleck’s famous speech from Boiler Room to analyze how those with the...
View ArticleHidden Meaning: Beauty and the Beast
Link(PG-13: Language) Wisecrack’s extraterrestrial film critic sums up Beauty and the Beast, which has become a beloved classic despite making no sense at all and, against its premise, ultimately...
View ArticleBuster’s Mal Heart (Trailer)
LinkBuster is the local crazy guy in a remote mountain town. Like most crazy guys, he used to be one of us, trying to make ends meet. His struggles and a conspiracy buff make him snap. Mr. Robot’s Rami...
View ArticleThe Void (Trailer)
Link(Gore) A cop finds out that the people inside his rural town’s hospital are “transforming into something inhuman.” He and his fellow survivors venture to the hospital’s depths to end the madness....
View ArticleAlien: Covenant: Meet Walter
LinkIn case you were wondering why Prometheus‘ android butler David is back and in great shape in Alien: Covenant, he’s not. Meet Walter. He’s one of Westworld’s Weyland-Yutani’s latest synthetic...
View ArticleAtomic Blonde (Red Band Trailer)
Link(PG-13) Charlize Theron kicks large quantities of ass in this action flick about a killer MI6 agent who must take on a city filled with baddies. We’re excited to see stunt coordinator and director...
View ArticleSmall Crimes (Trailer)
Link(PG-13) An ex-cop spends 6 years in prison for attempted murder. But back outside, it’s as if time stopped, and he can’t escape from his past mistakes. In short, his life has turned into a Coen...
View ArticleBreaking Bad – The Movie
Link(PG-13, Gore) “It is growth, then decay, then transformation.” A group of fans spent a total of 2 years re-cutting Breaking Bad into a 2-hour movie. It’s not a highlight reel, but a re-configuring...
View ArticleHidden Meaning in Doctor Strange
Link(PG-13: Language, Flashing images) “Doctor Strange explores the nature of human consciousness. Especially when you watch it high as sh*t.” The astute ET Garyx Wormuloid sums up the Sorcerer...
View ArticlePretending I’m a Superman (Trailer)
Price: $15+ | Pledge | LinkThe Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater series introduced skateboarding, its music and its lifestyle to a mainstream audience. Former THPS producer Ralph D’Amato is working on a...
View ArticleThe Elements of Suspense
LinkLessons from the Screenplay uses the script for the opening scene in Inglorious Basterds to explain how suspense works in films. Unlike plot twists, suspense works best when you reveal the twist...
View ArticleBrilliant Movie Dialogue
Link“Will you marry me? Did he leave you any money? Answer the second question first.” CineFix presents its top picks for the most well-written lines in movies (if not entire movies outright), from...
View ArticleBarbecue (Trailer)
LinkFrom the backyards of Central Texas to the deserts of Mongolia, you’ll find people gathering over a fire to cook and eat together. Matthew Saleh and Rose Tucker traveled to 12 different countries...
View ArticleThe Basics of Car Chase Scenes
LinkThe Fast & Furious series banks on beautiful cars, beautiful people and beautiful stunts. But it wouldn’t be around if its filmmakers didn’t nail the basics of car chase scenes, which mainly...
View ArticleThe World of Ralph Bakshi
Link(PG-13, Flashing images) “It’s a messy, crude world. And sometimes the best way to show that is to be just as messy and just as crude.” The Royal Ocean Film Society tries to contextualize the work...
View ArticleChess in Films & TV
Link(PG-13: Language) “The king stay the king.” In movies and TV shows, a game of chess isn’t just shown to imply that a character is smart. Now You See It points out the many implications and purposes...
View ArticleCome and See: Sight and Sound
Link(Gore) Elem Klimov’s Come and See is widely regarded as one of the best war movies ever made. Channel Criswell explains how Klimov broke from the fundamentals of sound and perspective in order to...
View ArticleCaptain Underpants (Trailer)
LinkKevin Hart, Thomas Middleditch, Ed Helms and Nick Kroll star in this animated adaptation of Dav Pilkey’s beloved children’s novels. It’s about two fourth graders who accidentally turned their mean...
View ArticleThree Billboards… (Trailer)
Link(PG-13) Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri is a comedy drama starring Frances McDormand as a mother who is frustrated with the lack of progress in her daughter’s murder case. She puts up...
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