The 2016 South Korean action horror film, Train to Busan, captured audiences in a way that was a little different than most other zombie films. Its true that the film was critically very successful, and it is still considered to… Continue reading "Train to Busan"
The 2013 action-adventure film Oblivion was stated by its director to be a throwback to classic 1970s sci-fi films, a trait that is very clear while watching the picture, but not in an entirely positive way. When the initial trailers… Continue reading "Oblivion"
Strictly Ballroom started life as a 1984 stage play invented by Australian film director Baz Luhrmann and fellow students at the National Institute of Dramatic Arts in Sydney, which though premiering to medium reception, increasingly improved with each passing showing.… Continue reading "Strictly Ballroom"
Li Cunxin is a Chinese Australian former ballet dancer who trained in the Beijing Dance Academy during the reign of Chinese emperor, Mao Zedong and became a highly regarded dancer after his successful career in the United States, which he… Continue reading "Mao’s Last Dancer"
The 1988 American fantasy horror comedy, Beetlejuice, still remains a beloved classic for many to this day for its off-beat quirky visual style and tone, delightfully larger than life performances and characters that waver between innocently wholesome and bizarrely crude,… Continue reading "Beetlejuice"
The biggest feather in the cap of the 2023 sci-fi action film, The Creator, was that it was credited for not based on an already existing IP. While new ideas are always being created and this film is clearly inspired… Continue reading "The Creator"
The 1966 Italian Spaghetti Western, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly starring Clint Eastwood, Lee Van Cleef and Eli Wallach may be considered a cinematic classic today and was definitely instrumental in shaping the genre and personality of a… Continue reading "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly"
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo was a novel written by Swedish writer and journalist, Steig Larsson. Being the first in a series of books (later named the Millennium series), Larsson planned to write a total of ten books, yet… Continue reading "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo"
The 1995 action crime film, Heat, starring Al Pacino and Robert De Niro, is often considered one of the greatest action films ever created. Though the genre is packed to the brim with various options that can range from over-the-top… Continue reading "Heat"
Little Women has been adapted into film a total of seven different times (excluding any TV programs, musicals, and stage plays) throughout its lifespan. Since the original 1868 novel written by Louisa May Alcott is so universal in its messaging… Continue reading "Little Women (2019 film)"