Batman is dark, brooding, and super… “angst-y” in Chris McKay’s directorial debut?The LEGO Batman Movie. But this?is?a movie about talking LEGOs and wickedly satirical superheroes, so while the lessons about fatherhood, responsibility, and community may be flying fast and furious, there are still plenty of lighter moments in between. Your premise: The Joker (Zack Galifianakis)…
Usually, when it comes to a film’s protagonist, we consider the person who exhibits the most growth, or at least demonstrates the most action on behalf of the individual or others. Since 2003,?Finding Nemo?has been lauded for its artful tale of the titular little fish, netting box office splash, critical accolades, and the top spot…
This week, Steve welcomes actor Amanda Jane Smith and pastor Judith McCartney to enter into the battle with?Patty Jenkins’ Wonder Woman. ?While the film has scored with both critics and fans, there seems to be something much more significant about this particular moment. ?Is it true that Diana’s story provides a proper role model for…
The film opens with a clip from It?s a Wonderful Life. This is a film that Thomas Sung views as his own philosophy of banking and community. He had already established a successful career as a lawyer before starting the bank. But he believed it was his responsibility to give something to his community.
In the 1950s, a group of young Mexican-American men joined forces to make doo-wop music in hopes of making it big in the music business. ?The Dinos?, including Abraham Quintanilla Jr., experienced racism from venue owners and patrons alike. Owners would send the band away when they found out the members were of Mexican descent.?…
Based on a true story, Megan Leavey is a story of warriors?a Marine and her dog. But it is more than a war story. It is the story of a struggle to find one?s place in the world and the way a bond with another could provide a sense of meaning and purpose.
Gerry Flahive and Face2Face host David Peck talk about secrets, story, the ?D? word, why he?s a 2001 fanatic and how a ?real life? can be intimidating. Biography Gerry Flahive is a Toronto-based writer, producer and creative consultant at his media arts company, Modern Story. Until May 2014, Flahive was Senior Producer at the National…
Frank Kitchen is an assassin who has done bad things. But when he takes out the brother of Dr. Rachel Jane (Sigourney Weaver), a megalomaniac in her own right, Kitchen becomes Jane’s target. Jane has Kitchen captured by Honest John (a brief cameo by Anthony LaPaglia), so that Jane can operate on Kitchen, turning him…
All I could remember about?Bambi was that his mother died. And that Thumper came along. Beyond that, there were no childhood memories to conjure when considering the importance of the little fawn in the pantheon of Walt Disney’s creations. But on the release of the seventy-fifth anniversary of this famous deer, I revisited the story…
A Cure for Wellness?is a classic case of misdirection. Justin Haythe has the screenwriting credits on?Snitch, The Lone Ranger,?and?Revolutionary Road, none of which would have prepared me for the strange, twisted, and critical take revealed in the darkest of parables,?A Cure for Wellness.?While families have come to know Gore Verbinski for his team-ups with Johnny…
