An Introduction Epic phrases in movies are nothing new. Classic characters breed classic lines, from Darth Vader?s ?I am your father? to Enigo Montoya?s ?My name is Enigo Montoya, you killed my father, prepare to die.? Many of the lines remind us of our identification with the character we have known, loved, or even wanted…
Anytime you watch a?Brad Bird (The Incredibles,?Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol) or?Damon Lindelof (Lost, The?Leftovers) vehicle, you know that you’re in for a wild ride of the imagination. Given that they were handed the keys by Walt Disney Pictures for Tomorrowland, the comparisons to visual, family-inspiring flicks like?Escape to Witch Mountain?are representative of?the genre. Examining the…
Malcolm (Shameik Moore), Jib (Tony Revolori), and Diggy (Kiersey Clemons) are three geeks trying to survive life in the dark world of “The Bottoms” in Inglewood, California. Malcolm is our likable star, longing to make it out of Inglewood to the Ivy-lined walls of Harvard. But when Malcolm accidentally ends up with Dom’s (A$AP Rocky)…
By now, if you haven’t seen either?the 1992 Walt Disney animated feature film, the Broadway musical, or the children’s repertoire performance of Aladdin, you’ve probably been living in the Cave of Wonders. The truth is that this adaptation of?One Hundred and One Nights?is more magical, musical, and enchanting than anything else we could’ve imagined. Maximizing?the…
Gotham?discussions have been ripe with rumors, innuendos, and theories that had Jerome was in fact the man who would one day be known as the Joker. The third episode put a sudden, stabbing end to that. But while we saw the bravery of Bruce Wayne, the loyalty of Alfred Pennyworth, and the boldness of Harvey…
The first time I saw?Woodlawn, I knew I was watching something different. While some might tell you that this film will revolutionize faith or instantly convert everyone to Christianity, I will tell you that its power is something more realistic but no less spectacular. This story about faith, race, and football in Birmingham at the…
Alex Parrish (Priyanka Chopra) is on the run. Framed for the bombing of New York City’s Grand Central Station, Parrish ran at the end of the first episode and tries in the second to find clues as to who is behind the bombing. As in the premiere episode, much of the plot is spent in…
Nick Robinson, who plays one of the ‘kids’ trapped in?Jurassic World’s?fantasyland when all hell breaks loose, opened the gates for fans to walk through the gates at New York Comic Con earlier today. Fans at the Comic Con were able to walk through the gateway and have their pictures taken with Robinson. A few…
My favorite Catholic cop family is back at it for the sixth season. The first episode was a gripping take on terrorism in New York City … that felt like we’d been there and done that. But the second episode found Danny (Donny Wahlberg) pursuing a serial killer who had escalated to a frequency of…
Detective Lara Vega (Meagan Goode) and precognitive Dash Parker (Stark Sands) tackle their first official case together, tracking a potential murderer whose situation adapts and twists with each intervention by our two protagonists. Unlike the standard situations where Dash’s visions release slowly, Vega’s detective skills come into play and they race against time to stop…
