George Clooney
A boy growing up on Long Island seeks out father figures among the patrons at his uncle’s bar.
The Midnight Sky is another example of something that could’ve been a complex and emotionally affecting work of science-fiction, but quickly collapses.
A lone scientist in the Arctic races to contact a crew of astronauts returning home to a mysterious global catastrophe.
In the latest of our Take Two series, we reexamine Batman & Robin, the sequel we watched so you don’t have to.
Suburbicon is a somewhat effective thriller that unfortunately squanders its potential at being a deeper film about racial tension.
Despite some flaws, Suburbicon is still a riot of a good time, poking fun at the inherent obscurity of the American Dream in a unique way.
It’s our first glimpse at the long-gestating and mysterious Suburbicon from the minds of Joel and Ethan Coen, and lo and behold, it’s a farcical crime comedy.
In our latest entry of The Nominated Film You May Have Missed series, we discuss the 2005 political drama Good Night, and Good Luck.
The Coen Brothers have managed to put their own twist on noir, the buddy comedy, crime drama, romantic comedies, westerns, and spy films. They are clearly film historians, so they want to show their love of movies by tackling classic genre films that cannot be sold to modern audiences. How did they manage to do this?
The central idea to Tomorrowland, Disney’s latest attempt to turn a theme park attraction into a blockbuster spectacle, is flawless. Instead of being pessimistic about the future, why don’t we adopt the same attitudes of previous generations and look at the future with a sense of optimism, awe and wonder? After all, today’s younger generations are being fed miserable visions of the future by pop culture, with every major summer tentpole movie of the past few years having villains who argue that the best way to save both the planet and humanity as a whole is to destroy it.
When I saw the first preview of this film, it appealed to me as a sci-fi thriller fan. I had every intention of going to the theaters to see it, but alas, I waited too long. Meanwhile, Gravity won several Academy Awards including Best Director, Best Cinematography, Best Visual Effects, and Best Original Score.