There’s a lot to criticize about American cinema these days. Comedies are vapid toilet humor. Dramas are the same three plot lines with different window dressing. Action and horror films forsake plot,...

There are a couple different types of horror movies. Some are simply what could be called startlers; movies that surprise you with things that are loud, bright and sudden. Some are gore-fests, celebrations...

Films that are left open for interpretation, always have a certain level of intrigue about them that typical mainstream films don’t. These kinds of films ask questions to the viewer, and they almost...

Millions watch it on primetime every year as fans hope for the pick that will help propel their team to the playoffs and ultimately, the Super Bowl. Those of us who love football will debate endlessly...

“Yes we can.” Those familiar words were uttered during key speeches of Barack Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign—so much that it is hard to detach them from the now President of the United States....

Assigning two lesser-known film directors to a big budget superhero film can always be risky. With a film studio as big as “Marvel Studios,” and with such a well-known comic book series like “Captain...

Producing a sequel is difficult. A lot of the time, those things that made the first movie great, if included in the sequel, will just make it repetitive. On the other hand, making a second movie that...

Fast cars, deals gone wrong, and tough guys that are always outrunning the cops. What does this sound like? Maybe almost every generic action movie ever made, which the new street-racing film “Need for...

There is a concierge, Mr. Gustave (Ralph Fiennes), who fetishizes old, blond, pale women. A lobby boy, Zero Mustafa (Tony Revolori,) who fled his war-torn country. A prestigious pink hotel that the movie...

Some movies change your life. Some movies you can’t wait to buy after seeing. Some movies you carry around with you, show to anyone you meet who hasn’t seen it. Some movies stand the test of time,...

Imagine how scary it would be to be on a plane, in which a passenger gets killed every 20 minutes. Liam Neeson and Julianne Moore had to deal with a situation like this, in the new action thriller film...

The LEGO toy brand began in 1949.  There’s a good chance that, at one point or another, everyone has played with or at least heard of LEGO’s. After all these years of toys, LEGO has finally made...