After seeing it at the Sundance Film Festival, Fox Searchlight bought the rights to Amanda Lipitz’s directorial debut, Grand Jury Prize...

I have to admit I am not a great dancer. I know it is hard to believe that there IS something I am not good at, but when I was in the...

When actors decide they want to make the transition to the other side of the camera and direct films, it can be a dicey proposition. It...

If you are a loyal member of The Empire, you know that I was born in Wyoming. I may joke about it from time to time, but it is a...

“Vengeance is a Mother.” “They Messed with the Wrong Mother”. These are actual taglines, not for a Lifetime Movie, but for the latest...

For some reason, Hollywood likes to make movies from time to time that are a wild ride but very predictable, meaning from simply watching...

There are many different ways to see Kathryn Bigelow’s latest film, “Detroit”. The odd thing is that the audience may not be the only...

Given the fact that I am a huge fan of history, Detroit is one of the cities that I have always wanted to visit, from its automobile...

There are many that feel that this generation’s access to data has in some way watered down the power of media. In a world where...

If ever we have needed independent film to fill the void Hollywood leaves in storytelling, we are in that time. With more remakes,...

This is another one of those reviews where I truly want to be careful. “The Big Sick” is one of those films where a trailer only...

Love stories, real and fictional, are a staple of storytelling in any form, and the concept of the “star-crossed lovers” plays huge, like...

At first glance, one could take from the one-sheet of Netflix’s “Okja” and want to sit down with the family and watch a film about a girl...

I am an animal lover. Not to the extreme of PETA but I hate when animals are treated badly. I understand there has to be a balance of...

I have always been fascinated by the Civil War because I am actually a descendant of the Confederate General Robert E. Lee, who is the...

In the case of The Geek Community vs. Edgar Wright, there are very strong arguments from both sides. When he signed on to direct...

We are a society that has become obsessed with speed to the point that it has become prevalent in almost every aspect of everyday life. ...

The high-speed chase tends to be a major component of any action film, with two in particular that a lot of people consider to be the...

It is always a strange thing when I can skip a film or series of episodes in a series and not be upset or lost when I pick it back up. ...

When Pixar first took the world by storm, the general consensus was that if you wanted a guaranteed animated hit, they were Disney’s...