If you want to discuss Star Trek Into Darkness, the newest film from J. J. Abrams, we’re going to have to talk about two different films. The first we can do without spoilers: There will always be those who seek to do us harm. But in seeking to keep ourselves safe, we risk awakening the […]
I was so focused on starting my new teaching schedule for summer classes today that I forgot to post this week’s trailer earlier! I’m curious to hear what you think of this one, at first glance the very title sounds like a punchline to many people. I mean, we’ve got these Fast & Furious films […]
The Matrix is one of my favorite movies, has been since I first saw it in theaters almost, GASP, fifteen years ago. You’ve gotta see what happened when filmmaker Joe Nicolosi asked his mom to describe the movie to him. She is great, and I laughed so hard watching this. If you haven’t seen The […]
The armor was never a hobby or a distraction. It was a cocoon. — Tony Stark Iron Man 3 is Robert Downey Jr.’s fourth (and possibly final) turn as Tony Stark under his third director – Shane Black (Jon Favreau and Joss Whedon being the previous). It’s also the first Marvel Phase 2 film – […]
Pain and Gain is the new film starring Mark Wahlburg (who will forever be Marky Mark in my heart) and The Rock. It’s smart, funny and completely over-the-top, which makes it hard to remember that the story actually happened. (Here’s a great article from Slate fact-checking the film). But the most surprising is that this […]
The trailer is here for the next THOR movie. Take a look. I liked the first Thor movie. It was just fun. And I’m sure I’ll see this one, but I’m not over the moons of Asgard for it…yet. Then again, Dark Elves are kind of exciting. Looks like Jane is going to Thor’s place […]
I grew up going to Christian Youth Summer Camp. The ongoing joke was that camp concluded each year by playing the Michael W. Smith neo-classic “Friends Are Friends Forever” while everyone cried and hugged their new best friends forever and swore to write to each other. Which of course never happened. (And yes, I grew […]
Yes, I have a lifelong connection to Superman. Yes, I cannot wait until Man of Steel comes out this summer. And then I saw this amazing trailer. I hope it doesn’t disappoint. Will you see this movie?
42 is the new biopic of Jackie Robinson, the first black man to play Major League Baseball. It’s a typical sports film in that it’s inspirational and feel-good. It’s also a typical race film in that it’s fairly heavy-handed. Even though 42 doesn’t look too hard to find a weakness in Robinson, neither does it […]
First things first: you might have heard about a remake that came out this weekend called Evil Dead. It’s a reimagining/reboot/remake of The Evil Dead, the first film of one of the greatest cult trilogies of all time. Despite the enormous amount of pressure and skepticism surrounding the new film, director Fede Alvarez has succeeded […]