Once again exploring love and loss, Wes Anderson’s latest film Asteroid City is everything his fans expect, with a dose of science fiction. Set in 1955, Asteroid City is a fictional location in the Southwestern United States. With a population…
Vaguely based on a one act play by William Inge (Come Back Little Sheba, Picnic, Bus Stop) and released in 1965, Bus Riley’s Back in Town concerns a young man returning to his hometown after a three-year stint into the…
A visually stunning cautionary tale, Louis Malle’s 1992 film Damage is seen through the eyes of Stephen Fleming (Jeremy Irons), a proper middle-aged millionaire physician turned Tory member of Parliament. He has a devoted wife Ingrid (Miranda Richardson) to whom…
Released in 1982, Wes Craven’s Swamp Thing was based on the DC Comics series. In an unexplored swamp in the deep South, Dr. Alec Holland (Ray Wise) and his sister Linda (Nanette Brown) have been working on a recombinant DNA…
Likely influenced by the popularity of Michael Jackson’s video for Thriller, teenage monster movies were all the rage throughout the 1980’s. Movies like Teen Wolf, Fright Night and The Lost Boys ruled the box office. More obscure but fondly regarded…
Released in 1973. Enter the Dragon became the first Chinese martial arts film produced in America and made Bruce Lee a household name. Tragically, Lee died before the film was released, making the film a document of a promising career…
Released on August 27, 1953, Roman Holiday is probably best known as the film that introduced American audiences to Audrey Hepburn. Director/producer William Wyler (Ben-Hur) had originally wanted Elizabeth Taylor for the role of Princess Ann (‘Anya Smith’) but Hepburn…
Fast X finds Dominic Toretto (Vin Diesel) and his family forced to tackle their most dangerous threat yet; Dante Reyes (Jason Momoa) the son of a drug kingpin they took down in Rio ten years earlier, is determined to exact…
Directed by Howard Hawks, Rio Bravo stars John Wayne as John T. Chance, sheriff of a small Texas town, Rio Bravo. He’s assigned to take custody of a murderer (Claude Akins) whose brother (John Russell), a powerful rancher, is plotting…
Ferris Bueller’s Day Off isn’t exactly highbrow cinema but it sure is fun. The 1986 comedy made Matthew Broderick a star, cemented director John Hughes (Sixteen Candles, The Breakfast Club, Pretty in Pink) status as the best chronicler of teenage…