The Top Ten Films of 1939
When tradition met avant-garde, the past met the future, and sepia met Technicolor.
Author: Douglas Van Hollen
The Existential Horror of “Godzilla: King of the Monsters”
The scariest lesson in Godzilla is that the Earth doesn’t care about you. Unless you get in its way.
Review: John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum
John Wick is back for the third installment… How does it stack up to the rest of the franchise?
“We could be the Three Amigos for real”: Collisions of Fantasy and Reality in Cinema
Movies that blur the lines we take for granted.
Review: “Stan & Ollie”
Biopics are hard. Biopics about beloved characters are impossible. But moviemakers do impossible things all the time.
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.
