Movie Review: Black Panther (2018)

by Alice Ginevra Micheli - February 21, 2018February 21, 2018

Article By: Alice-Ginevra Micheli When news broke that Black Panther would be getting his own movie within the Marvel pantheon, there was a lot of hype that accompanied it. When it was announced that wünderkind Ryan Coogler would be at the helm, writing and directing, excitement was in the air. Then

Movie Review: Bright (2017)

by Alice Ginevra Micheli - December 27, 2017December 27, 2017

Article By: Alice-Ginevra Micheli Combining fantasy, action, and star power, Netflix has finally thrown its hat into the blockbuster ring. So after $90 million and a year of constant marketing, was Bright all we were promised? Directed by David Ayer, Bright takes us to a world where fairy-tale creatures exist among humans.

Movie Review: Thor: Ragnarok (2017)

by Alice Ginevra Micheli - November 12, 2017November 12, 2017

Article By: Alice-Ginevra Micheli By this point we’re all familiar with Marvel and its prime position on all things superhero. With plenty of films and a number of TV shows there’s also a question as to whether it can keep surprising audiences, or if it will fall into a tried and

Movie Review: My Friend Dahmer (2017)

by Alice Ginevra Micheli - September 10, 2017

Article By: Alice-Ginevra Micheli The public has long had an interest in the darker side of humanity, whether it is a grizzly murder, a cult’s exploits, or the mind of a serial killer. This morbid fascination has led to many films, series and books attempting to understand these people, and none

Something Nice to Say: The Case for the Lovely Bones

by Abigail Marshall - July 7, 2016July 7, 2016

Article by: Abigail Marshall Everyone’s heard the line before: if you don’t have something nice to say, don’t say it. “Something Nice to Say” is a column that takes another look at “certified rotten” movies and finds a redeeming quality in each one. For those of you familiar with The Lovely Bones,

Movie Review: The Big Short (Oscar Edition)

by James Kidd - February 14, 2016February 14, 2016

Article by: James Kidd If someone told me two years ago that Adam McKay, director and writer of such movies as Step Brothers and Talladega Nights would decide to make an attempt at an Oscar, I would have laughed them out of the room. Hell, even after seeing The Big Short,

Movie Review: CHI-RAQ

by James Kidd - December 15, 2015

Article by: James Kidd To say that filmmaker Spike Lee is a controversial character would be an understatement. Ever since his first feature films like Do the Right Thing and Jungle Fever, Lee has charged head first into arguments with Charlton Heston and Clint Eastwood, most often ending up with more

SICARIO Movie Review

by James Kidd - October 21, 2015October 21, 2015

Article by James Kidd Going into Sicario, the latest from director Denis Villeneuve of Prisoners and Enemy fame, I honestly didn’t know what to expect, especially with such contrasting opinions about its quality. When the movie premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in May, many attendees reportedly shrugged it off as

THE MARTIAN – Movie Review

by Nick DiGiacomo - October 4, 2015October 4, 2015

Article by: Nick DiGiacomo Featured Image: foxmovies.com The sci-fi book adaptation The Martian, directed by Ridley Scott and starring Matt Damon, hits theaters this weekend, challenging astronaut Mark Watney (Damon), to survive on Mars alone while NASA struggles to bring him home. While Ridley Scott’s past few films have received mixed/poor reviews (Exodus: Gods and