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As an independently financed and distributed film, “Logan Lucky” proves that good ole fashioned, intelligently made, economical mid-budget movies can provide more entertainment value than overstuffed blockbusters.
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The normalcy of Peter Parker (excellently portrayed by bright-eyed Tom Holland) carries this film and helps create a new blueprint for superhero movies — movies more interested in the lives of all of the people, rather than the spectacle of putting those lives at stake.
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While the debate between the streaming giants of today versus the studios, exhibitors, festival directors and cinephilic spectators will always exist, Netflix’s ability to offer such distinctive visions should be commended rather than chastised.
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The films released between May and August are some of the most exciting of the year as blockbusting CGI-fests and Oscar contenders alike convene at the multiplex.
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Having composed for more than 150 films, chances are that you’ve had a Hans Zimmer score stuck in your head at least once.
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While the Academy, as well as the industry as a whole, can be elitist and problematic, it’s hard to not have a little bit of fun celebrating movies.
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Best Picture Winner: “12 Years a Slave” Runner-up: “No Country for Old Men” “Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)” “Moonlight” “Spotlight” “The Hurt Locker” “The Artist” “Argo” “Slumdog Millionaire” “The King’s Speech” When comparing the last 10 years of Best Picture Oscar winners, it becomes easy to narrow down
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“How did they get that shot?” will be a question almost every single of viewer of BBC America’s “Planet Earth II” asks at some point. That is the (somehow worldly) cinematic magic of what will undoubtedly be one of the best series of 2017. Featuring six episodes grouped together by
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With 2016 behind us, it’s time to look forward to the movies of 2017. Here are 15 films that we think will be phenomenal. “Darkest Hours” Directed by: Joe Wright (“Atonement,” “Pride and Prejudice”) Starring: Gary Oldman (“Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy,” “The Dark Knight”), Ben Mendelsohn (“Rogue One: A Star
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“Assassin’s Creed” is the best videogame-to-film adaptation yet. But that’s not saying much. These kind of adaptations have become a common talking point in relation to the worst films of all time. Studios want to adapt video games because they’re quickly becoming the most marketable and highest grossing entertainment industry.
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