Widows was originally a British Primetime television crime drama starring Ann Mitchell, Fiona Headley, Maureen O’Farrell, and Debby Bishop that aired between 1983 and 1995. Written by crime author, Lynda La Plante, the show about three recently widowed women coming… Continue reading "Widows"
A studio celebrating its 100th year anniversary should be a moment for appreciation and reflection, but that isn’t what happened for Disney. Once considered one of the prime movie creators in the world, they were at the time plagued with… Continue reading "Wish"
Stephen King hasn’t always had the best film adaptations, but it’s always reassuring when you come across not only a film that seems to capture his spirit and tone of voice on the screen, but also a director who can… Continue reading "Gerald’s Game"
The 2006 animated feature, Open Season, has a lot more interesting aspects to it than it arguably deserves. Being the debut animated feature for Sony Pictures Animation, the story of a pampered pet bear being thrown into the wild with… Continue reading "Open Season"
Past Lives was a film that didn’t have too much traction originally despite the initial trailers being solid (if not the most intriguing) yet jumped up in public awareness when it started to receive Oscar nominations in various categories. One… Continue reading "Past Lives"
The 2013 animated film, The Tale of Princess Kaguya, was based on the 10th century Japanese literary tale, The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter, and is considered one of the oldest surviving monogatri (otherwise known as a fictional prose narrative),… Continue reading "The Tale of Princess Kaguya"
The 2023 Netflix biopic, Maestro, is a quintessential example of the follies surrounding the Academy Awards and how movies try to appease them. Throughout its almost century long lifespan, the Oscars have created a stereotype of movie that many can… Continue reading "Maestro"
Sports films are a genre of movie that are usually big crowd-pleasers. This is quite fitting given the subject matter as films that highlight and showcase a popular sport with an underdog team battling against the odds in order to… Continue reading "A League of Their Own"
