Morning, Noon? & Night seeks to be a mirror through which we see the way addiction controls lives. It tries to do so with humor, but in the end it merely ridicules addicts as losers without giving us any real insight to addiction. The film is three interconnected stories (along with some peripheral characters who…
There are some stories that are so universal, so timeless, that they span horizons and bind generations together with one another. Louisa May Alcott?s classic Little Women is one such story. No matter where or when you grew up, whether you had sisters or brothers, there is much to own in the story of the…
Taking place in the early 80s, The Old Man and the Gun?follows the (mostly) true story of Forrest Tucker (Robert Redford), a man in his seventies who?s sole passion is robbing banks. Acting as a gentleman but packing a gun, Tucker and his ?Over-The-Hill Gang? set out to rob banks across the country. Wrapped up…
Based on the true story of author Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette, Colette?is a young woman from the countryside that falls in love with a Parisien 14-years her senior named Willy. Once they move to Paris, she agrees to ghostwrite a semi-autobiographical novel for her husband. Always willing to capitalize when he discovers talent, Willy convinces Colette to…
The American Dream is that there are no limits to what someone can be. ?We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men [sic] are created equal?.? But does science, especially genetics, put that into doubt or even undermine it? A Dangerous Idea: Eugenics, Genetics and the American Dream takes a look at the…
Set in 1922, Vita and Virginia?tells the story of the passionate love affair between iconic authors Vita Sackville-West (Gemma Arterton) and Virginia Woolf (Elizabeth Debicki). Though happily married, Vita is as well-known for her sexual dalliances with women as she is for her wealth and written work. When she is invited to meet Virginia, Vita…
Given that this year marks the twentieth?anniversary of the publication of the first Harry Potter novel (well? it had already been published in the UK in 1997, but the US version didn?t come out until 1998), it seems fitting to go back and watch the films that were such an integral part of my childhood.?…
With the return of?The Predator, writer/director Shane Black wants to take you back to the 80s for some good old-fashioned violence and horror… but do other stereotypes and issues come with that? In the Season 5 premiere, Steve welcomes Peter Adourian to talk about?The Predator‘s views on hyper-masculinity, mental health and throwback films in the…
Want to win a copy of Walt Disney’s film?Ant-Man & The Wasp??On Digital 10/2 and Blu-ray and 4K Ultra HD on 10/16, the film follows Scott Lang and Hope van Dyne as the don the titular costumes and battle against Ghost, while also trying to rescue Hope’s mother from the quantum realm. Starring Paul Rudd,…
Young Han Solo finds adventure when he joins a gang of galactic smugglers, including a 196-year-old Wookie named Chewbacca. Indebted to the gangster Dryden Vos, the crew devises a daring plan to travel to the mining planet Kessel to steal a batch of valuable coaxium. In need of a fast ship, Solo meets Lando Calrissian,…
