Is it any surprise that Gore Verbinski’s The Lone Ranger doesn’t really work? The titular lawman and his precocious white steed Silver, along with Native Americ...
Christian Linaban’s Aberya feels like an attempt to define ‘modern’ Filipino cinema; casting off so many of the industry’s old tricks in favor of a shifting, ai...
Here it is, ladies and gents, that serious Jason Statham film few were expecting. Once called a more narratively-appropriate Hummingbird, now called a more Jaso...
Breeding our youth to dream of happily ever afters with an allure of fairy tale romance may do them a disservice by completely ignoring love’s equally prevalent...
More snarky than academic, Jamie Kastner’s Secret Disco Revolution begins with the thesis that disco was an underground movement orchestrated by the shadowy pow...
While much attention is focused on the fact that Paul Feig’s The Heat is an action-comedy with two women in the lead -- much was similarly made of his Bridesmai...
When confronted with the dual “Die Hard in a White House” thrillers Olympus Has Fallen and White House Down, action fans might find themselves sympathizing with...
If you've ever taken an introductory Cinema Studies course, you'll recall that the Italian Neorealists preferred uncharacteristic applications of sound, in part...
Often labeled a misogynist misanthrope, Neil LaBute has made a career of writing self-absorbed characters completely ruining the lives of those around them for ...
Kieran Darcy-Smith’s Wish You Were Here arrives just in time to make you rethink that summer vacation to Cambodia. Co-written by and starring his real-life wife...
