Review: “Stan & Ollie”
Biopics are hard. Biopics about beloved characters are impossible. But moviemakers do impossible things all the time.
Author: Douglas Van Hollen
The Most Offensive Line of Dialogue in Movie History
Being offensive is more than just using bad language. It’s also about the way you use it.
What Makes a Man: Top 10 Movies Featuring Self-Surgery
It’s an action movie and a man is injured. It’s what happens next that’s really interesting.
The Three New Yorks
The Big Apple features prominently in thousands of films. But it’s not the same city every time.
Top 10 Films Featuring Childbirth In Stressful Circumstances
Childbirth is amazing, automatically cinematic, and carries with it unmatched dramatic power. But what if we add some guns? Or a volley of phasers? Or the devil?
Movies to Watch With Your Mom: “The Matrix”
A glossy badass martial arts extravaganza provides surprisingly common ground between the generations and the sexes.
The Nanny Diaries vs The Devil Wears Prada: Studies in the Early 21st-Century Quarter-Life Crisis
Two intelligent young women leave college with a particular set of ideas about the world, only to have the world laugh in their faces. Being in your twenties sucks.
Top 10 Films Featuring Silencers
Silencers are essential features of action films. What purposes do they serve? Are they more than an extension of a… well, you know.
Soundtracks of Significance: “The Man With the Golden Arm”
Jazz and symphonic scores collide to tell an intense, ahead-of-its-time story of addiction, passion, and dreams deferred.
Why “Blade Runner 2049” Is Already At the Top of Some Flickcharts (And Whether It Should Be)
It’s WAY too early to declare this your favorite movie of all time. Or is it?
