A Popcorn Flick, not an Oscar Contender (and that's nothing to complain about)
DIRECTOR: MORTEN TYLDUM/2016
Could any place be lonelier than space?
J...
Pentalogy.
It might be word you’re about to become more acquainted with in the movie world.
In the lead-up to the release of Fantastic Beasts and Where to F...
Karen Allen Freshens Up a Stale Drama
DIRECTOR: ALEXANDER JANKO/2016
What do you do after you retire? Joan doesn’t know, especially since she isn’t reti...
Or, What Might Be This Decade's English Patient
DIRECTOR: KENNETH LONERGAN/2016
When The English Patient was rounding the awards circuit in late ‘96/ear...
Unanimously Overturning Fraud at the Box Office
The greatest boon to American political films came, oh, some four score and eight years ago, when movie studios...
Tom Cruise Secures This Sequel a Sunday Afternoon Cable Slot, Not Much Else
DIRECTOR: EDWARD ZWICK/2016
Jack Reacher is a drifter. We learned this in hi...
Studio-Era Hollywood's Still-Beguiling Screen Sphinx
“There just aren't any faces like that any more. Well, maybe one – Garbo.”
From evocative titles for sile...
Alicia Vikander and Michael Fassbender Shine in a Story of Loss
DIRECTOR: DEREK CIANFRANCE/2016
Janus Rock may be a tiny island between two seas, but it...
Connery, Sean Connery.
How else to begin a round-up of the famed Irish/Scotsman's films on this, the month of his birth? Perhaps it's what's expected, and fo...
Who is Jason Bourne? Five movies in, we’re still asking that question.
DIRECTOR: PAUL GREENGRASS/2016
Jason Bourne (Matt Damon) comes out of hiding when his...
Taylor Blake is a life-long film aficionado. Ever since she saw The Lion King in theatres at age 2, she was hooked—initially on every Simba and Nala stuffed animal she could find, later on any great movie she could find. She graduated in 2014 with a B.A. in Journalism from Taylor University, where she also dabbled in film courses. One of her college highlights was attending the 2013 Sundance Film Festival.
