Christmas is that most nostalgic of holidays. Perhaps it’s because as adults we want to recapture the joy and excitement of our childhoods, when there was nothing quite so exciting as the sight of presents beneath the tree, or being […]

“Well, it was pitch dark and there he was! Tall, blue eyes, slim, quite good looking…in a brutal, mean way, Papa; a terrible man!” –How To Steal A Million There are few actors who have so affected me as Peter […]

Talk has begun once more about the place of women in society, in the media, in the culture. And while there are extremes of every position, one thing is clear: things are changing once more. The media in general – […]

This week, based on the success of X-Men: Days of Future Past, Bryan Singer and 20th Century Fox announced that X-Men: Apocalypse will be released in May of 2016. What’s that you say? Days of Future Past has not even […]

I recently sat down and shared a rite of passage with my 11 year old son.  It’s something every father should do, but not nearly enough of them take the time. He and I sat down and watched Sidney Lumet’s […]

Saturday was the 50th Anniversary of Doctor Who. I know this not because I’m a Doctor Who fan, but because I frequent the Internet and the Internet got very excited about it. For weeks leading up to the anniversary, we’ve […]

With the success of Thor: The Dark World has come a renewed focus on the film’s (and frankly, the entire Marvel cinematic universe’s) favorite villain: Tom Hiddleston’s Loki.  The Asgardian god of mischief has stolen the show from his heroic […]

In a bit more than a year, the cineplex screens will be afflicted with a film that a surprising number of people seem to want: the adaptation of E.L. James “novel” Fifty Shades of Grey. The project has been subject […]

It’s been over a week since the announcement that Blockbuster, the once ubiquitous video rental chain marked by its distinctive blue and yellow signs, will be no more.  The stores are closed, the mail order business is going away and […]

Right now it’s next to impossible to go to a movie with no preconceived notions. For those of us who spend too much energy in the film blogosphere, by the time a movie actually comes out we’ve seen the trailers, […]