Not since the original Guardians of the Galaxy movie has Marvel so successfully forged a team that worked so convincingly together and resulted in so much emotion by the end […]
Sometimes life is funny. One day you’re sitting in your kitchen in Indianapolis, a few years out of college and wondering how you’re ever going to build a career in […]
This essay was written by Anthony Miglieri. The first teaser trailer for Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer set off a literal countdown to shave away the moments until the film arrived in […]
As is often the case with origin stories, there’s a great deal of world building and character establishment that has to play out before we can even get to the […]
Although it sometimes feels like we’re watching a history textbook or a lengthy biography, writer/director Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer is a sprawling, visually engrossing cinematic lesson in technology, innovation, American hubris, […]
New Jersey-born, Northwestern-educated (with a degree in film) Zach Braff is probably known by many for his comedic acting in films such as Manhattan Murder Mystery, The Broken Hearts Club, […]
As a writer/director, Zach Braff tends toward the lighter side of dramas with works like Garden State and Wish I Was Here, but with his latest effort, A Good Person, […]
I have a very clear memory of watching 2004’s Shrek 2, seeing (and hearing) the new character of Puss in Boots for the first time, and thinking “Well, that’s my […]
The official place and time stamp on director Sebastián Lelio’s (Gloria, A Fantastic Woman, Disobedience) latest, The Wonder, is the Irish Midlands circa 1862 (13 years after the Great Famine, […]
If you have heard anything lately about Olivia Wilde’s sophomore feature film (after 2019’s coming-of-age comedy Booksmart), chances are it’s the on- and off-set drama surrounding the filmmaker and her […]
Although technically the long-delayed Black Widow film is said to be the first chapter of the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s Phase Four, I find it interesting that everything Marvel has put […]
Call me old fashioned, but I’m a firm believer in not posting a Best Of the Year list until the year is actually over. I’m often able to squeeze in […]