Remember when the big screen action hero ruled the box office? When an Ah-nold or a Sly stepped into a multimillion dollar project and pushed the Read More

Love his work or hate it, but Darren Lynn Bousman deserves some credit for where horror is today. Back in the beginning, before Saw was nothing Read More

We’ve have bad grandpas and bad bachelors (aka The Hangover films). We’ve seen bad Santas, bad teachers, and bad boys. Now it’s the maternal side of Read More

They say familiarity breeds contempt. If that is indeed the case, then the Ice Age family film franchise must be one of the most hated in Read More

For many, a fear of the dark trumps all other possible phobias. Maybe it’s the unknown that gets the hairs standing up on the back of Read More

Take Toy Story, anthropomorphize the animals, not a child’s playthings, add in a touch (just a touch) of bawdy humor and build in some heart toward Read More

Tarzan. Your response to the name alone may be a good way to gauge how you’ll feel about this latest incarnation of the iconic ape man. Read More

Imagine the most dull and lifeless history lecture you’ve ever sat through. Now add awards season aspirations, Civil War revisionist ambitions, and a weird desire to Read More

It plays on a familiar trope–the mismatched odd couple. It features two of the most popular stars on the planet–comedian Kevin Hart and franchise savior Dwayne Read More

Did you enjoy the original Now You See Me? You know, the film revolving around a group of magicians known as the Four Horsemen and their Read More

James Wan is a modern master of horror. The Conjuring 2 is proof positive of this fact. Sure, you can point to his previous canon, with Read More

If there is one word to describe Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice, “exciting” would not be it. Sure, the action sequences soar with the kind Read More

When is a sequel not a sequel? When it’s the terrifically claustrophobic cat and mouse thriller 10 Cloverfield Lane. A psychological cousin to the famed found footage Read More

We learned three years ago that, even as the last legitimate superpower, the United States and its sitting President were easily targeted for terrorist attack. First, Read More

They say good things come to those who wait. So how do you tell the fans of box office mediocrity turned home video cult classic Zoolander Read More

If you’re sick and tired of the never-ending stream of superhero movies clogging your local Cineplex, Deadpool is the movie for you. If you’ve grown weary Read More

As perhaps our greatest living American filmmakers, the Coen brothers are known for a lot of things. Comedy, sadly, is not at the top of the Read More

If The Perfect Storm taught us anything, it’s that audiences love a liquid look at Mother Nature’s destructive force. A rolling sea, a bunch of basic, Read More

By the third movie in any kid vid franchise, you’re likely to be more The Land Before Time than Toy Story. Yet, DreamWorks’ delightful Kung Fu Panda series Read More

The title says it all. After the success of Twilight and The Hunger Games–and the failure of film after film trying to capture the same YA Read More