Dark Knight Rises: What Went Wrong
LinkWisecrack convincingly argues that the Nolan brothers bit off way more than they could chew for the Dark Knight trilogy’s finale. Despite being nearly 3 hours long, the movie didn’t have enough...
View ArticleSpider-Man: Homecoming (Trailer 2)
Link“If you’re nothing without this suit, then you shouldn’t have it.” Spider-Man: Homecoming appears to be a reverse origin story: young Peter Parker already has super powers, but not a real reason or...
View ArticleA Ghost Story (Trailer)
LinkAfter he dies, a loving husband turns into a ghost, unwilling to leave his and his wife’s home, ignoring the passage of time. Casey Affleck, Rooney Mara and writer-director David Lowery reunite for...
View ArticleBrilliant Uses of Silence in Movies
LinkCineFix shares its top ten picks for movies that made the best use of silence. Most of the movies are “silent” in that the characters barely speak. But there are also animated musicals, a sign...
View ArticleIT (Trailer)
LinkThe clown industry’s going to tank (even harder) in 2017. Warner Bros. re-adapts Stephen King’s excellent 1986 horror novel about a malevolent being who takes the form of a clown in order to lure...
View ArticleThe Book of Henry (Trailer)
LinkHenry is an incredibly precocious 11-year-old who loves to look after his younger brother and their mother. He ends up asking her to use a sniper rifle against their neighbor, the town’s police...
View ArticleThe Mars Generation (Trailer)
LinkThis Netflix documentary chronicles the experience of a batch of teenagers at the NASA Space Camp, juxtaposed with interviews with Neil deGrasse Tyson, Elon Musk and other experts regarding the...
View ArticleI Am Heath Ledger (Trailer)
LinkFrom filmmaker Derik Murray (I Am Chris Farley) comes a documentary about the late actor Heath Ledger. The film features interviews with the actors’ close friends and family as well as footage shot...
View ArticleRogue One Honest Trailer
Link(SPOILERS) Screen Junkies roasts Star Wars’ 200-million-dollar plot filler. Rogue One is the most exciting movie based on copying a file, despite the fact that Bodhi already managed to escape with...
View ArticleStar Wars: Force for Change 2017
Price: $10+ | Donate | LinkLuke Skywalker speaks and toys with his young padawan in Mark Hamill and Daisy Ridley’s promotion for the annual Star Wars UNICEF fundraiser. Donate at least $10, and get a...
View ArticleHow Logan Should’ve Ended
Link(SPOILERS) “Do you hear the Wolverine? Finally finished with the fight. All of his stabbing of the people who do not know wrong from right.” How It Should Have Ended suggests that Hugh Jackman’s...
View ArticleThe Hitman’s Bodyguard (Trailer)
Link(PG-13: Language) Ryan Reynolds plays a high-profile bodyguard who is forced to protect one of his mortal enemies – an assassin played by Samuel L. Jackson. But they’re basically themselves in this...
View ArticleBrilliant Movie Plot Points
LinkCineFix gives their top examples for each of a movie’s five chapters: the call to adventure, the start of the adventure, the adventure itself, the climax, and the resolution. We’re sad that Your...
View ArticleAmerican Assassin (Trailer)
LinkBased on Vince Flynn’s secret agent novels about Mitch Rapp, who becomes a deadly secret agent to compensate for the fact that his name befits a stand-up comedian. Just kidding. Loved one dies,...
View ArticleBoriz Jerseys
Price: $30+ | BuyTexas-based clothing company Boriz Jerseys specializes in bootleg retro sports apparel. But they also have a ton of replica jerseys worn by characters from classic TV shows and...
View ArticleThe Little Hours (Red Band Trailer)
Link(PG-13) Writer-director Jeff Baena (Life After Beth) let Alison Brie, Aubrey Plaza, Kate Micucci and the rest of the cast flex their improv skills in this anachronistic comedy about repressed nuns...
View ArticleHidden Meaning in Arrival
Link(SPOILERS) “Arrival depicts humanity’s response to a profound paradigm shift. Which is also what I call my bowel movements.” An extra sarcastic Garyx Wormuloid expounds on the sci-fi drama Arrival...
View ArticleTested at Alien: Covenant’s Set
LinkTested’s Adam Savage has been granted behind-the-scenes access to the set of Ridley Scott’s upcoming Alien: Covenant. In the first episode, he checks out the tunnel and cavern that serve as the...
View ArticleThe Philosophy of Ghost in the Shell
Link(SPOILERS) “Your effort to remain what you are is what limits you.” Wisecrack argues that the original Ghost in the Shell animated film is a pragmatic view of man’s ultimate relationship with...
View ArticleSome Kind of Connection
Link“Time is the story and we are the characters.” The Royal Ocean Film of Society looks back at Michael Apted’s Up Series. Arguably the best reality show ever, its 48-year (and counting) span,...
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