It can be argued that Wayne Wang sparked the independent cinema movement of the 80’s. Yes, independent cinema was around long before Wang came on the scene. The first decades in th…
We’ve all seen documentaries on cults. Whether it’s a documentary on Jim Jones taking advantage of the poor and vulnerable or Keith Raniere taking advantage of the rich and vulnera…
Unforgiven was released in August of 1992. It would go on to win four Oscars including Best Picture and Best Director. In 2004 it was added to The National Film Registry for perman…
Red Angel opens with the sounds of war- explosions, gun fire, men screaming- accompanied by still images bombs going off, marching toops, and human skulls. These are Chinese bombs …
We live in a time when every character needs an origin story and every franchise needs a prequel. Whether this need is based on actual audience demand or if it's a demand created b…
The 80s and 90s seemed, from an outward looking perspective, to be dominated by the ongoing conflict between the IRA (Irish Republican Army, used here as a catch-all for the differ…
WORLD WAR I
To say World War I started only because Serbians assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand is an over simplification of a much bigger issue. It's a high school textbook re…
CUTIES
It’s not often I feel the need to defend a movie. Defending a movie isn’t my job, it’s the job of the studios, the director, the writers, the actors, and other people invol…
On the Waterfront is arguably one of the greatest movies ever committed to film. It won eight of the twelve Oscars it was nominated for at the 1955 Academy Awards. The movie and it…
(Spoilers Ahead) I’m not necessarily opposed to remakes. I’m not necessarily in favor of remakes. I question why studios remake movies and especially why Hollywood remakes classic …