For the majority of filmmakers across the history of cinema, there’s an inverse relationship between the control they have over the final product and how much financial backing they have. Independent...

The “Fantastic Beasts” series has hardly lived up to its description.  The first entry assured us that the franchise wouldn’t be fantastic. “The Crimes of Grindelwald” assured us that the franchise...

A funny thing happened before my screening for Michael Bay’s newest film, “Ambulance.” During the pre-trailer commercials, a TV spot for “Ambulance” came on the screen, claiming that it has the...

I have made a deal with the devil.  The trailer for “Morbius” has been stalking me ever since it first appeared in January 2020. It didn’t matter what YouTube video or movie I was watching in the...

The Oscars have been desperate to recapture the social zeitgeist that they have been rapidly losing over the past few years. Viewership has steadily declined since the glory days when 55.2 million people...

Another year, another overly long awards season. Thankfully, everything is coming to a close as we reach the finish line of the 94th Academy Awards. With the votes tallied up and the winners being announced...

It can be quite difficult these days to parse through the DC Cinematic Universe. While Marvel has been steady as she goes for nearly a decade and a half, DC has puttered along, shooting misfire after misfire....

The Great Musical War of 2021 has come to an end With the late-breaking “Cyrano” being the last extension of this trend The famed wordsmith’s tale of forbidden love Has been told so many times...

The cards have been stacked against Kenneth Branagh’s sequel to “Murder on the Orient Express” for some time now. It had its production and release disrupted several times on account of the ongoing...