With the movie “Captain America: the Winter Solider” coming out April 4, it’s important to revisit the first installment of the series.The film is set at the height of WWII and Steve Rogers is denied...
For those whom enjoy films with relatable, good-looking main characters, realistic plots and crowd-pleasing action suspense, “Being John Malkovich” might not be for you.“Being John Malkovich” would...
I get that I’m 20 years old and I shouldn’t live my life based on a cartoon or want to have my life be a cartoon, but this movie makes me 5 years old again, and 5-year-old me really wants her life...
Often, students discover a plethora of oddities during their college years.We’re exposed to thrift shops, international cuisine, experimental music, possibly an assortment of alcohol and drugs and, of...
Popular girls who think they are better than everyone else make the lives of those less popular than them miserable.Sounds just like the plot of “Mean Girls,” or half of the population’s personal...
The future masters of horror, people like Ti West and James Wan, the director of “Insidious” and “The Conjuring,” have a gift for finding great horror scripts and bringing them to life with blood...
Over the last several years, Disney has begun to make their heroines in princess films go-getters and in control their destiny rather than the damsels in distress that we all grew up with. Tiana from “Princess...
With the passing of comedian Harold Ramis, who wrote and starred in the film “Ghostbusters” as Egon Spengler, a science-addicted, awkward member of the team, this movie feels appropriate to feature.It...
If you’re a hopeless romantic, your movie selections probably entail a collection of sappy, cliché, boy-meets-girl films. There’s certainly nothing wrong with looking past the predictability of a...
The word “classic” is used to describe older movies about getting the last laugh or the perfect ending, while still being predictable. Your grandma might tell you they don’t make movies like this...
An underrated indie film, “Fruitvale Station” follows the 2009 shooting of civilian Oscar Grant by a BART police officer in Oakland.Michael B Jordan gives a supremely memorable performance as character...
What does it take to get a film banned? There’s certainly an aspect of controversy, but usually films that become banned are simply too ahead of their time for audiences. Take the 1932’s classic, “Freaks”...
