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This awards season has truly been a wild ride; fingers crossed that optimism will prevail and the Oscars will emerge from this critical inferno having made some good choices.
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Historians often characterize Cheney as a notoriously secretive man who purposefully avoided the limelight, which perhaps adds to the challenge of creating an effective movie about him.
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Equal parts murder mystery, lurid Southern gothic and claustrophobic family drama, it tracks the return of a journalist to her home in Wind Gap.
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Improved affordability may be paramount to making universal health care a reality in California, according to a report released by the UC Berkeley Center for Labor Research and Education.
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With flops such as “Batman v Superman” and “Suicide Squad,” as well as the growing success of the Marvel Universe across the street at Disney, DC cannot afford any more mistakes.
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The Oscar nominations for the films of 2016 were announced this past Tuesday, and there’s a lot to talk about in regard to the field of nominees. After a slow start, 2016 quickly turned into a phenomenal year of film. Independent films displayed why that sphere is still home to
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This past Wednesday, a video surfaced from TMZ, showing a German Shepherd Hercules, being forced into rough waters allegedly on the set of the upcoming film “A Dog’s Purpose.” The director of the film, Lasse Hallström, tweeted that he was “very disturbed by the video,” while Amblin Partners and Universal
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In Tom Ford’s new film “Nocturnal Animals” — much like its predecessor “A Single Man” — the fashion-designer-turned-director proves that his substance is indistinguishable from his style. But his latest film goes even further. “Nocturnal Animals” is at once a riveting, seemingly cliched Western while also being a tale of
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If aliens landed ships across the world without any explanation, what would be the world’s first step in addressing the situation? Directed by Denis Villeneuve (“Prisoners” and “Sicario”), “Arrival” suggests that it would be language. Not guns or bombs. Blockbusters of today would make one think that “Arrival” would feature
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The creative metamorphosis of director David O. Russell is nothing short of revelatory; after a mild stream of success with films such as “Three Kings” and the critically snubbed but publicly lauded “I Heart Huckabees,” Russell took a near seven-year hiatus. He returned in 2010 with a prolific fervor and
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