'Tron: Ares': Visually Stunning, But Narratively Shallow
PHOTO: Walt Disney Pictures Considering that the Tron franchise already made their big legacy sequel with the aptly titled Tron: Legacy ,...
PHOTO: Walt Disney Pictures Considering that the Tron franchise already made their big legacy sequel with the aptly titled Tron: Legacy ,...
PHOTO: A24 No matter how famous Dwayne Johnson has become, he will always be known by many as his ring name, The Rock. Johnson’s...
PHOTO: Warner Bros. Pictures Like other modern auteurs, Paul Thomas Anderson has mostly made period pieces over the past several years....
PHOTO: Lionsgate Loneliness and grief are concepts that have been explored in film many times over, but still manage to connect and evoke...
PHOTO: MUBI As I started watching The History of Sound , I couldn’t help but think of Brokeback Mountain , as the two films share a...
PHOTO: Sony Pictures Darren Aronofsky has made a name for himself by making films that could be described as “cerebral” or “bummers”....
PHOTO: MUBI Anyone who has spent a few minutes on the internet can tell you that modern fandoms are extremely toxic. From gatekeepers to...
PHOTO: Searchlight Pictures In theory, a modern take on Warren Adler’s novel The War of the Roses isn’t the worst idea, but it is one...
PHOTO: Apple Original Films It takes a bold filmmaker to attempt to remake a classic like Akira Kurosawa’s High and Low , and Spike Lee...
PHOTO: Focus Features Since The Coen Brothers decided to part ways and pursue their own projects, we have received one film from each of...
PHOTO: A24 The average filmgoer might not realize that the highest-grossing film of the year worldwide isn’t a Marvel movie, a Disney...
PHOTO: New Line Cinema At a time where seemingly every horror movie is seemingly about trauma, it’s hard not to view Zach Cregger’s...
PHOTO: Netflix For someone who has been a star for as long as Adam Sandler has, it’s a little surprising that he has very few sequels on...
PHOTO: A24 The year 2020 will forever be remembered as the year of COVID-19: a time of masks, lockdowns, and social distancing. It was...
PHOTO: Sony Pictures Hot off the success of his breakthrough screenplay, Scream , Kevin Williamson was approached to adapt a 1973 novel...
PHOTO: Universal Pictures When Jurassic World Dominion was released in 2022, it appeared that the Jurassic Park franchise had ended....
PHOTO: Warner Bros. Pictures One might assume that James Gunn’s Superman might be an origin story, as it is a reboot and represents the...
PHOTO: Universal Pictures A mere two years ago, Gerard Johnstone’s film M3GAN introduced audiences to a murderous robot of the same...
PHOTO: Apple Original Films When a person experiences great success, they might try to closely replicate what worked well for them in...
PHOTO: Sony Pictures Danny Boyle’s 2002 film 28 Days Later was instrumental in kicking off a revival of zombies in media, utilizing...