Tag: Diverse
Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard Loses The First’s Balance and Charm
The Hitman’s Bodyguard was a pleasant surprise during the summer of 2017, an action comedy buddy flick released smack dab in the middle of the height of the superhero blockbuster era and exceeded expectations due to the undeniable…
Read More »Army of the Dead Sets Up an Interesting Future at the Expense of Its Present
Perhaps the most controversial director alive, Zack Snyder enters a new chapter in his professional life away from his lifelong studio of Warner Bros. and into streaming pioneer Netflix. He begins his new chapter by returning to cinematic…
Read More »In Mortal Kombat, the Spirit of the B Movie Lives On
What is the purpose of filmmaking, of going to a dark room miles away from our homes and sitting with strangers staring at a big screen for hours on end? For some, cinema’s raison d’être is to inform…
Read More »On The Rocks: Fathers Be Good to Your Daughters
They say that the first person of the opposite sex that we ever fall in love with is our opposite sex parent. The example they set and our relationship with them will determine our own romantic entanglements for…
Read More »The Trial of the Chicago 7 Shows the Past is Prologue
Fragmented youthful leftists idealistically trying to create a world that may never be, dirty tactics from administration officials who we would later found out are more corrupt than the leftists they seek to destroy, a partisan judiciary, and…
Read More »The Forty-Year-Old Version of Balancing Expression and Compromise
“And if I’m not creatin art, am I committin a crime?” The tale of the struggling artist who reaches the precipice of success only to face the powers-that-be pressuring them into compromising their vision, putting the artist at…
Read More »Tenet Reveals the Flaws in Christopher Nolan’s Filmmaking Style
Tenet already had many eyes upon its release, being the latest entry from legendary director Christopher Nolan and a big summer blockbuster. But as we are all aware, 2020 has been the year of curveballs and one was…
Read More »The Personal History of David Copperfield Provides a Charming New Twist to an Age Old Tale
Providing new twists on old material can be both risky and a heavy lift. Fans of the material become used to one type of interpretation and can often become hostile to anything new. If creatives are able to…
Read More »The Old Guard Balances Action, Philosophy, and Morality in One Entertaining Package
We all go about our daily lives with the foreboding knowledge that death comes for us all. When I consider what awaits me at the end of my time here on Earth, all the possibilities evoke fear. Those…
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Spiral is a Worthy Addition to the Saw Franchise, Mixing the Thriller and Gory Horror
After the success of Jordan Peele’s Oscar winning Get Out in 2017, it was only a matter of time until studio executives around Hollywood sought to replicate its breakout success by giving other comedians a shot at venturing…
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