After six seasons, fifty-two episodes and two feature films, The Grand Finale brings the glamourous Crawley saga to a satisfying close. Debuting on ITV in 2010, Downton Abbey was a global phenomenon, loved for its complex characters and beautiful surroundings….
A fascinating and sometimes sad biopic, Love & Mercy is about the life of the musical genius Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys. Dropping the formulaic rags-to riches style, director Bill Pohlad instead bounces back between two significant points in…
Politics has had its share of dynasties—the Adamses, the Kennedy’s, the Bush’s—but none can compare to the Roosevelt’s. Theodore Roosevelt and his fifth cousin Franklin Delano Roosevelt served a combined total of nineteen years as President of the United States….
Very simple, yet undeniably charming, Ernest and Celestine is the story of two animals that are supposed to be enemies being friends. Based on a Belgian series of books by Gabrielle Vincent, the film opened in Europe at the end…
Tom Hanks and Emma Thompson star in a real life culture clash, as Saving Mr. Banks peels back the curtain to examine Walt Disney’s (Tom Hanks) twenty year quest to convince Mary Poppins author PL Travers to let his studio…
William Shakespeare’s play of youthful, melodramatic love, Romeo & Juliet has been made into a film several times. Most of the adaptations of the past seem to feel an obligation to engage with the (preferably youthful) populace. It comes as…
After the shocking events of the third season finale—in which heir Matthew Crawley (Dan Stevens) was killed off in a bloody car accident—one wouldn’t blame viewers for hoping for a sunnier fourth season. However, in the wake of major changes…
David Cronenberg and dull aren’t two words you see together very often, but the writer/director’s latest effort, Cosmopolis, left me wondering how characters can talk for so long and say so little. Cosmopolis offers up plenty of gratuitous nudity, but…
Rock of Ages was a surprise hit on Broadway; a show with a real sing-along quality that wasn’t afraid to make fun of itself while paying homage to 80’s hair metal. Unfortunately, the recent film version seems to lack some…
When The Hangover hit theaters back in the summer of ’09, most figured it would be an also-ran, considering it was going up against surefire blockbusters like X-Men Origins: Wolverine, the Star Trek reboot, and Angels and Demons among others….