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A fun-filled flick with an all-star cast of charismatic ladies having a blast; Ocean’s 8 is a stylish follow-up that captures the spirit of the original trilogy while still doing its own thing.
Incredibles 2 is a fast-moving, heartfelt, gorgeous, well-acted, tightly-plotted, and funny movie that left the need for another sequel, which will hopefully be released sooner than 2032.
The view on the 1990s Star Wars prequels is synonymous with hubris, failure, and shoddy filmmaking, that is until Disney came into the picture and changed the image completely with its latest additions to the franchise Rogue One and Solo.
In this Beginner’s Guide, we look back on the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) so far and pick out the most important films to watch from the collection.
In the latest of our Away From the Hype series, we take a look at The Dark Knight Rises, the final cap to Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight trilogy.
Zac Hestand takes a look back at the comic movie classic Batman Returns and how its overload of villains spawned an industry standard.
Believe the hype. Avengers: Infinity War begins to close the portal to Marvel Studios’ three phases in an extravagant fashion, serving as a prime example that story and spectacle can coexist in a summer blockbuster.
In the latest of our Take Two series, we tackle Alien: Covenant, the Ridley Scott thriller that tried to balance science fiction with philosophical intrigue.
Predictable and boring, Leatherface fails to give viewers and fans of the franchise a gripping, riveting, startling movie on how a serial killer family is born.
From box office cash-ins to long gestating labors of love, there are several different types of sequels. Zac Hestand explores which formulas make sequels worth the wait- and which leave you wishing the story would be over and done with.
Should future encores of Pitch Perfect take the stage, we can only hope they have a little more verve and imagination than this one.
Many films which emerged in 2017 were affected and received based on the cultural sentiment; here are a few examples.
Surprisingly, Saw VI seems to have learned from previous entries; with a plot of its own, it manages to be the stand out of the franchise.
While The Lego Ninjago movie is heartwarming and fun, its setting is problematic, and the franchise is becoming painfully formulaic.
Saw IV goes even bigger than its predecessors, but with the loss of the franchise’s main writer, the story loses much of its oomph.
