Since Iron Man’s release in 2008, America has pretty much gobbled up everything Marvel to appear on the silver screen, Nic Cage’s Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance being the most glaring exception. With Guardians of the Galaxy, we’ve seen even Read More …
Every introductory film class begins with one of cinema’s greatest tales: In 1896, the Lumière brothers screened a 50-second silent film called, in English, The Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat Station. As legend has it, when the gigantic Read More …
This week: Vita.mn’s hostess with the mostest—Jay Boller. Music by JR Collage.
“Labor Day”, Jason Reitman’s adaptation of Joyce Maynard’s novel, tells the story of an escaped convict who forces his way into the home of a young boy and his mother. Appearances are not always what they seem, and soon both Read More …
One would think making a forceful movie about one of the most beloved and badass characters in fictional history would be simple, if not downright easy. And yet time and time again, Wolverine finds himself neutered by the powers that Read More …
Over the past two decades, screenwriter Paul Laverty has penned some of the most nuanced, character-driven movies in world cinema. A prolific writer, Laverty’s films run the gamut from historical war pieces to working-class romances. His latest, The Angels’ Share, Read More …
At the hill’s base, in the field between the street and the baseball diamonds, I could see them hitting. No one knew quite what to make of it at first, plastic bats of all colors, shapes, sizes unsheathed and tested Read More …
I saw “Django Unchained” a few weeks ago, before the Sandy Hook tragedy, and truth be told I hadn’t connected the the two until I sat down to write this review and began to think of the extreme violence present Read More …
Paul Thomas Anderson is not known for making easy pictures. Even his most accessible film, “Boogie Nights,” finds its way into tough character dynamics, questions of conscience, and outsider morality. “The Master” runs in a similar vein. The protagonists are Read More …
[wooslider animation=”slide” pause_on_hover=”true” slider_type=”attachments” limit=”12″] Spider-Man received the theater treatment courtesy of Bono and co., and the Ninja Turtles once headlined an extra-’90s bizarro rock concert/fight-play in which they came “out of their shells”; so it was only a matter Read More …