Opening this week in wide release is the new Sci-Fi movie Ex Machina starring Domhnall Gleeson, Oscar Isaac, and Alicia Vikander as the sentient A.I. female, Ava. This is the directorial debut of Alex Garland, the writer of 28 Days Later… and one…

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Friday nights, or Saturdays during High School football season, were movie nights at our house. More often than not, my dad would pull out his VHS box-set of the Star Trek movies and inevitably we would end up watching Star…

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As I have previously mentioned in this week’s Top 5, Easter weekend tends to be a down weekend for movie releases. However, I honestly think that this year could be different. There is one insane blockbuster opening this weekend that…

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Having put Palm Sunday in the rearview mirror, we are now planted firmly in Holy Week, honestly, one of the best weeks of the year. The week leading up to Easter is a chance to reflect on the story of…

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Boasting the same creators of How to Train Your Dragon and The Croods, both excellent movies that have received very different critical reactions. The former received the lauding of critics and is one of the most well-loved kids movies of the past ten…

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One of the best things going for The Hunger Games, as it wraps up it’s four-part movie trilogy this November, is the absolute rock Jennifer Lawrence has proved to be. The strength of a book adaptation is going to be…

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Growing up in Milwaukee, I cannot recall exactly how I managed to get my hands on Roger Ebert’s reviews. Was it republished in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel? Did my grandma have a subscription to the Chicago Sun-Times? I honestly cannot…

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Sure to be one of the most opinionated of all the Top 5’s we have ever done, we’re looking at the filmography of Will Ferrell in anticipation of his new movie with Kevin Hart, Get Hard. Ferrell has been one of…

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Looking back at the five nominees for Best Animated Feature Film of the Year for the 2014 year in movies, a surprising majority of the movies deal with loss, community, and family. Big Hero 6 dealt with loss and healing…

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Mark my words, this weekend will be another sensational weekend for Cinderella. It hauled in $70 million this past weekend and has been getting great reviews. Coming up against this Disney juggernaut is the second installment in the Divergent series, Insurgent, as well…

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