A Deluge of Dark Water(s): The Dark Waters of Dark Waters (1944), Dark Waters (1993), Dark Water (2002), and Dark Waters (2019)
When I was a child, I thought I was surrounded by bad guys. This is not a metaphor. I had the creeping suspicion that everyone I knew—my grandma, the dentist, the children’s pastor at my church, my pre-school teachers, everybody—was…
Losing the Endgame: How the Avengers Deal with Failure
Last year’s Avengers: Infinity War was quite a unique film. Part cliffhanger, part villain-as-protagonist character piece; the movie had all the makings of standard superhero epic, and assembled the most powerful characters that really matter to most of the moviegoing…
Oh! The Horror… | of the People Around Us
David Fincher’s Zodiac (2007) still stands as an example of cinema that succeeds at balancing the visceral thrills and exploitation of true crime narratives with a sensitivity towards those victims, investigators, and involved bystanders who actually lived in the Zodiac’s…
In Theaters June 10th, 2016
While it wasn’t a dominant box office weekend, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows did very well its opening weekend. This weekend, two movies are looking to cause more turnover at the box office. Warcraft looks poised to do just that. Behind…
Top 5 Romantic Comedies
In celebration of the upcoming Valentine’s Day holiday, it seems only appropriate to have our Top 5 reflect the most famous of Hallmark co-opted Catholic celebrations. We’ve asked fabulous and prolific contributor, Alexis Johnson, to give us her Top 5…
Top 5: Best Supporting Actor 2015
This may be one of the toughest categories to call come awards time. Unlike some other categories, however, it’s not because of the top-to-bottom nature of the nominees. In this case, it is the battle at the top. There were…
In Theaters November 6th, 2015
It’s November! And that means we are going full tilt from here until the end of the year with new blockbusters, Oscar potentials, and everything in between! To kick off November, #BondWeek reaches its climactic end with the release of…
In Theaters June 19th, 2015
In 2012, it was Disney/Pixar’s Brave that won an Oscar and surprised everyone with a curly, red-haired Scottish princess. In 2013, it was Disney’s Frozen that dominated the big screen and little girl’s vocal chords. In 2014, The LEGO Movie surprised us all and gave…
Review | Avengers: Age of Ultron
One of the benefits of not being one of those fortunate reviewers who gets a screener or gets an early pass to see a movie everyone is waiting for is the chance to not only react to the movie but …
Top 5 Tuesday – The Films of David Fincher
Everyone loves lists. Top Tens, Billboard Top 200, Bottom Ten, Top 100, etc. It is inherent and ingrained in our human nature to take the chaos around us and put it in some sort of orderly fashion. Every Tuesday, Josh…