Kurt Russell

THE CHRISTMAS CHRONICLES: Kurt Russell Shines In Harmless Holiday Comedy
THE CHRISTMAS CHRONICLES: Kurt Russell Shines In Lame But Harmless Holiday Comedy

If you’re forced to watch The Christmas Chronicles with your family this holiday season, hold on for that Kurt Russell musical number and you’ll be just fine.

Profile: Kurt Russell
Profile: Kurt Russell

Kurt Russell has charmed audiences through the years in a variety of films, from Disney to science fiction to more recent blockbusters.

DEEPWATER HORIZON: An Environmental Blockbuster
DEEPWATER HORIZON: An Apolitical Environmental Blockbuster

Preservation of the environment shouldn’t be a political issue, let alone a controversial one. Yet the right wing governments of the western world are frequently abandoning environmental and climate change issues, even building entire grand-standing platforms on how the entire act of climate change is a mere myth. The masses no longer trust “experts”, no matter how many facts they have on their side about the devastating realities of our changing environment.

THE HATEFUL EIGHT: Cinema At Its Most Sadistic

There is none righteous, not even one. —  Romans 3:10 Film is a memory machine.

BONE TOMAHAWK: A Winning Blend of Classic and Revisionist Western Tropes

Despite a reputation as an open minded viewer willing to watch cinema of all genres, I have a confession to make: I struggle with Westerns, with many widely acclaimed masterpieces leaving me cold for no easily discernible reason. As much as I love Sergio Leone and many recently made “revisionist Westerns”, how the cornerstones of the genre (the majority of which are directed by John Ford) earned their classic status is unfathomable to me.