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WISH Review: Disney's Love Letter to 100 Years of Disney History
To celebrate its well-earned 100th anniversary, the Walt Disney Animation Studios (hereinafter "Disney Studios") turned over its latest animation effort, Wish, to one of their veteran, in-house A-teams, Frozen co-director Chris Buck (Surf’s Up, Tarzan) and co-writer Jennifer Lee (Zootopia, Wreck-It...
Toronto 2023 Review: POOLMAN, An Earnest if Misguided Comedy-Neo-Noir
A few years ago, I was taking an Uber back to my airbnb in Los Angeles; the driver, it turns out, was something of a conspiracy theorist. At first he was just telling me about the politics of the city,...
DUNGEONS & DRAGONS: HONOR AMONG THIEVES Review: D&D on the Big Screen Done Right
Chris Pine, Michelle Rodriguez, Regé-Jean Page and Hugh Grant star in an action adventure directed by Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley, opening in movie theaters worldwide.
Review: DON'T WORRY DARLING, Harry Styles Over Substance
There’s a moment in Don’t Worry Darling, Olivia Wilde’s (Booksmart) second film as director, where the blandly named Jack Chambers (pop-singer-turned-actor Harry Styles) jumps onto a stage with a backing band to dance joylessly at the behest of the singularly...
Review: THE CONTRACTOR Goes By the Book
Chris Pine, Ben Foster and Kiefer Sutherland star in an action thriller.
Review: WONDER WOMAN 1984, An Underwhelming Sequel
Immortality has its perks no doubt (like, for example, not dying), but apparently it also has its drawbacks, like living among short-lived, physically limited mortals, falling irrevocably in love, and then losing said mortal to accident, disease, or old age....
Notes on Streaming: I AM THE NIGHT Goes Retro LA for a Classic Mystery
Plus: Star Trek: Discovery returns, A Discovery of Witches takes flight.
Review: WONDER WOMAN Is The Superhero Movie We All Need Right Now
At a time when men in certain circles feel compelled and emboldened to weaponise their fragility in the face of advancing feminism, the world needs a hero like Wonder Woman more than ever. Created more than 75 years ago, and...
Trieste 2016 Review: FOR THE LOVE OF SPOCK, A Fascinating Portrait
More than any other character or image from the 50-year culture phenomenon that is Star Trek, arguably nothing is more instantly recognizable than Spock, and his gesture of greeting. When Leonard Nimoy died last year, the outpouring of affection was...
Review: HELL OR HIGH WATER Freshens Up the Tried and True Western
Bank robbers. Texas Rangers. A sun-drenched landscape. Oil derricks. Tumbleweeds. A loose cannon ex-con. A brother just trying to do the right thing. An aging lawman on the doorstep of retirement. Throw it all in a blender and you're bound...
Fantasia 2016 Interview: Adam Nimoy Remembers Leonard in FOR THE LOVE OF SPOCK
The name Nimoy is very well-known in the worlds of celebrity, pop culture, and sci-fi fandom; Leonard Nimoy was a titan of all of these worlds, and is one of the most recognizable --- and beloved --- figures of them...
Destroy All Monsters: FIRST CONTACT Is When STAR TREK Sold Out
Look at them guns! That's Patrick Stewart in 1996's Star Trek: First Contact, a movie which had a lot of actual guns in it, too, arming the crew of the Starship Enterprise with their own skinny version of the pulse...
New STAR TREK BEYOND Trailer Goes Where No One Has Gone Before
I have no idea what to expect from Star Trek Beyond. Oh, I've been keeping up with the marketing and, especially, the trailers. The first one, released back in December, appeared to promise a "goofy adventure," as our own Todd...
Cannes 2016 Review: HELL OR HIGH WATER Does Outlaw Justice Darn Right
Bank robbers. Texas Rangers. A sun-drenched landscape. Oil derricks. Tumbleweeds. A loose cannon ex-con. A brother just trying to do the right thing. An aging lawman on the doorstep of retirement. Throw it all in a blender and you're bound...
First STAR TREK BEYOND Trailer Is An Odd - But Fun - Blend Of Influences
Right. I think it's safe to say that where Star Trek is concerned the time has come to pretty much throw expectations aside as far as how the Trek universe is supposed to behave and just kind of roll with...
STAR TREK: Stream Me Up, Scotty
A new Star Trek series is on its way to the streaming universe. The series will debut in January 2017, according to Deadline, and will be available to watch exclusively on CBS All Access, a streaming service available on a...
Exclusive: Z FOR ZACHARIAH Gets Some Poster Love
It's no secret that I'm a huge fan of Craig Zobel's follow up to Compliance, the thrilling post-apocalyptic flick Z For Zachariah. It seems that Berlin-based designer Victor Staaf is also a fan, as he's created these three images of...
Review: Z FOR ZACHARIAH, A Gem Of A Film
The premise is beautiful in its elegant simplicity - a woman is left alone in a world that has befallen a catastrophe. Her solitude is interrupted when a man appears, unsettling her life and making radical changes to her situation....
STAR TREK 3 Will Go BEYOND, Director Justin Lin Reveals Title And Uniform Pic
Star Trek Beyond director Justin Lin revealed the new title of the third film in the latest incarnation of the famed sci fi franchise. The Beyond part does hint in a way that the crew of the Enterprise finally pull out...
Sundance 2015 Review: Z FOR ZACHARIAH, A Deeply Affecting Near-Future Parable
The premise is beautiful in its elegant simplicity - a woman is left alone in a world that has befallen a catastrophe. Her solitude is interrupted when a man appears, unsettling her life and making radical changes to her...
