Written by Zac Platt. With two to three years passing between each film, and some pretty embarrassing (though financially successful) entries over the last 13 years, things were looking pretty grim for Fox’s X-Men movie franchise. Before X-Men: First Class it was looking like the magic might well and truly be gone. But you can […]
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Written by Adam Carson. Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg have written and directed This is the End, a disaster-comedy loosely adapted from a 2007 short film entitled Jay and Seth Versus the Apocalypse. The film focuses on Rogen and Jay Baruchel’s friendship. Their relationship has become quite strained ever since Rogen moved to LA and
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Written by Guillermo Troncoso. Ah, the awkward teenager. Cinema’s beloved subject matter has provided audiences with countless young, troubled protagonists that remind us all of a time that was full of confusion and heartbreak. The Way, Way Back’s graceless adolescent is Duncan, who is being forced to join his mother and her overbearing boyfriend on
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Written by Guillermo Troncoso. Jesse (Ethan Hawke) and Celine’s (Julie Delpy) story began around eighteen years ago. They met each other on a train in Europe and ended up spending a night together in Vienna. That was Before Sunrise, a simple yet honest film about two young people falling in love. The film was followed
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Written by Guillermo Troncoso. Pacific Rim’s unwillingness to linger on explanations works beautifully. Before you know it, you’ve been thrown directly into the front-line of a world where robots battling monsters has become a way of life. The opening clearly and succinctly establishes a future in which mankind has created giant robots named Jaegers to
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Written by Zac Platt. Walking in to see Man of Steel, I really wasn’t sure what to expect. On one hand there is the burden of a new DC property needing compete with the Avengers franchise, and with a character as iconic and well-explored as Superman. But with director Zack Snyder’s clear love for the
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