I am sure most people understand the importance of casting a culturally diverse group of people on screen. If the movie takes place in Egypt, it wouldn’t fit the theme if the entire cast was white Americans pretending to be Egyptian – and it would be an insult to actors and actresses of Egyptian descent. […]
There are countless archetypes and tropes of science fiction stories, one of the most popular and enduring is the robot. Whether they be inhuman machines or highly advanced androids there is always something so fascinating and at times terrifying about these artificial beings. Let’s take a look at five big screen robots we can’t get […]
Perhaps in your general perusal of the internet over the past couple of weeks you’ve seen some hint of controversy between Scarlett Johansson and Disney. Johansson, a star in her own right in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, feels that she has been slighted by Disney’s treatment of her first solo Marvel film, Black Widow. In […]
Look, I get it, scrolling through an infinite number of shows seems overwhelming; even when someone tells me, “Oh, you should check out such and such” I get a feeling of dread because who knows if it’s worth the time or hassle. Some series and pieces of media have countless episodes or have been running […]
We live in a world dominated by sequels and franchises. Being constantly bombarded by movies that have no endings or drop easter eggs for future stories down the line, it can be easy to become cynical about multipart movies. However, there are times the second movie becomes a work of art unto itself and even […]
When you’re listing the greatest action stars of all time, no list would be complete without the man, the myth, the legend that is Arnold Schwarzenegger. Arnie turns 74 years young today, so I thought I’d look back at some of his finest cinematic moments and adventures by counting down his top 5 movies. 5. […]
The new Snake Eyes movie comes out today and people have been complaining about it ever since Henry Golding was announced to play the titular hero. As the resident GI-Joe fanatic and self-proclaimed expert (stay tuned for my upcoming article showing how Cobra was more American than the GI-Joe team!), I felt the need to […]
It’s been ten years since Scott Pilgrim vs. the World hit theatres, and while it was a monumental flop (financially finishing its opening weekend behind both The Expendables and Eat, Pray, Love), it’s hard to find people who don’t love it today. On paper it was a recipe for guaranteed success: it’s a comic book […]
Space, it’s the final frontier. It’s also the setting of a number of amazing science fiction movies. Now obviously when we’re talking space movies, a couple franchises with the word “Star” in their titles immediately come to mind. For the sake of not filling up the list with only those films (don’t worry, I’m sure […]
Time travel is one of the most popular and oft used science fiction tropes. It can be used well or it can be used very poorly, but sometimes it turns into legitimate cinema classics and with that thought in mind here are the top five time travel movies: Looper(2012) Director: Rian Johnson The concept of […]
