Call it the potato chip effect. If one is delicious, fifty must be amazing. Or maybe you could label it the exercise effect.? If running three miles is healthy, running fifty must be exponentially more invigorating. And you could most certainly call it the horror movie effect. If the first one was good, the…
What happens when you gather the minds behind films like L.A. Confidential, Thelma & Louise, Groundhog Day, Guardians of the Galaxy, The Silence of the Lambs, In the Name of the Father, and Apollo 13? You get a stunning set of interviews about what it means to tell stories, change culture, and create new ways…
Pan’s Labyrinth?or?El Laberinto del Fauno is the best Spanish film that I have ever seen. Okay, let’s be honest: it’s the only Spanish film – and one of a handful of foreign language films – that I have ever seen. But thanks to the name recognition of director Guillermo del Toro, I remember sitting in…
Naz Khan (Riz Ahmed, Jason Bourne, Rogue One), a Pakistani-American college student, takes his father’s taxicab to a party but he never makes it there. When a mysterious woman (Sofia Black D’Elia) gets into the cab at a stoplight, he finds himself engaged in a night of danger and seduction. And then the next morning,…
The name may not be immediately recognizable, but Joel Smallbone is a writer, producer, and singer for the Grammy Award-winning band For King and Country.? He?s working on a new role these days – actor – in an upcoming film called Priceless (release date: October 14).? The subject matter is one that promises to cause…
America makes up twenty-five percent of the world’s prison population….twenty-five percent!!!! Does systemic racism truely exist? We live in a time where that question is very much in the forefront of our attention. Depending on whether you are on the right or left, your answer to that question is different. If you are in the…
The Legend of Tarzan?is the epic return to the world of Edgar Rice Burroughs by?director David Yates (Harry Potter?franchise films 5-8;?Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them). Interwoven in a story of decades-old revenge and intrigue, Craig Brewer’s (Hustle & Flow) script takes star Alexander Skarsgard through the expected Tarzan-related world with a modern day…
This year?s Oscar frontrunner, Nate Parker?s The Birth of a Nation takes its name from D.W. Griffith?s 1915 KKK propaganda film but instead dramatically portrays the historic story of Nat Turner. Through Turner?s story, the audience encounters a powerful struggle over race, humanity, purpose, and Scripture in the film that Parker wrote, directed, and now…
Luke Cage is misunderstood, especially by the powers that be. But in Netflix’s latest original superhero series, Cage (Mike Colter) is actually the hero you’d want living in your neighborhood. He’s the man with the unbreakable skin, the man with the steely gaze. He’s all that stands between the good people of Harlem and those…
Richard Matheson wrote many science fiction?stories that continue to find themselves on the big screen, decades after he wrote them. His son, Chris, may not be as famous, but his writing -?Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventures?(1989) and its sequel,?Bill & Ted’s Bogus Journey?(1991) – has entertained millions and developed a cult following. Now, thanks to…
