In the second installment of the?Creed?saga or the seventh chapter in the?Rocky?series, depending on your perspective, Sylvester Stallone’s script finds Michael B. Jordan’s Adonis Creed wrestling with fatherhood, marriage, and the ghosts of the past, namely?Florian “Big Nasty” Munteanu’s Viktor Drago. Drago is of course the son of Ivan Drago (Dolph Lundgren), the fighter who…
Have you ever experienced a movie that resonated with you days after viewing and, in spite of your best efforts, you find that you simply can?t articulate your feelings right away? If you have, then you?ll understand why it has taken me a week after viewing How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World to…
Most people know of Joseph Pulitzer because of the Pulitzer Prizes awarded each year. They may associate him with yellow journalism. But there is much more to this man as we discover in Joseph Pulitzer: The Voice of the People, opening in theaters and coming later to the PBS American Masters series. As Nicholson Baker…
In?Wreck-It Ralph, John C. Reilly’s villainous video game character Ralph goes off script, yearning to become a hero, and befriends another video game character, Sugar Rush’s?Vanellope von Schweetz. The two of them cause problems, seek out solutions, and end up figuring out what it means to be themselves… until now. When Vanellope finally admits that…
Thirty years ago, Walt Disney Studios was experiencing a lull. Yes,?Who Framed Roger Rabbit??had done some exciting things with animation and live-action blended together, but the 1980s had only provided?The Fox & The Hound, The Black Cauldron, The Great Mouse Detective,?and?Oliver & Company… After?The Little Mermaid, Disney would break off a string of successes that…
Directed by Kim Sung-Hoon, Rampant?is an unexpectedly fascinating mashup of genres as classical Asian cinema meets horror film. After all, a period piece about a Korean prince who returns home amidst political turmoil hardly screams zombie apocalypse. Somewhat surprisingly, however, Rampant?proves itself to be a fun and engaging film that breathes fresh life into the…
Our team embarked on their annual pre-Oscar chat where they discussed who WILL win and who SHOULD win on Hollywood’s biggest night. Take a look!
In the port city of Buenaventura, Columbia, a young man and his friends struggle to escape their poverty. Their weapon in this war is dance.? In We Are the Heat, Harvey and his crew battle corruption, drug traffickers, and other dance crews as they try to find not just a new life, but redemption from…
Let’s be honest, the average moviegoer probably has no interest Alita: Battle Angel… and I was one of them, when the first trailer dropped. From the beginning, the CGI wasn’t working for me and?I wasn’t sold visually on the anime-style eyes. Then, a few months ago, more trailers came out and my interest was peaked….
A Star is Born tells the story of veteran musician Jackson Maine (Bradley Cooper) who, stumbling into a bar after a show, discovers?and immediately falls in love with?struggling artist Ally (Lady Gaga). Having just about given up on her dreams as a singer, Ally has never had an opportunity to showcase her talent until Jackson…
