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"
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)"
Sofia Coppola didn’t have the best start to her career in Hollywood after drawing criticism for her awful acting in her small part within The Godfather Part III, but she would later turn things around by becoming a pretty solid… Continue reading "Lost in Translation"
Brokeback Mountain is a 1997 short story written by American author, Annie Proulx, which told the story of two men falling in love whilst herding sheep together on the fictional plains of Brokeback Mountain in Wyoming and the subsequent secret… Continue reading "Brokeback Mountain"
Realism can only do so much in the realms of entertainment. More often than not, people praise games and movies for adding a dose of realism into what should be a place of escapism and in some examples, it is… Continue reading "Interstellar"
Rango is a pretty odd film, and one that even after so many years, is still hard to pin down. Released in 2011 and distributed by Paramount under the production of Nickelodeon, this computer-animated western comedy directed by Gore Verbinski… Continue reading "Rango"
The Adventures of Priscillia, Queen of the Desert is a 1994 Australian comedy written and directed by Stephan Elliot which follows two drag queens and a transgender woman as they travel the Australian Outback to perform one of their shows… Continue reading "The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert"
Jurassic Park took the world by storm when the film was released in 1993. Starting off as a 1990 science-fiction novel written by Michael Crichton, the concept of a theme park featuring revived dinosaurs is an easily enriching premise and… Continue reading "Jurassic Park"
Memoirs of a Geisha was a historical fiction novel written in 1997 by American author, Arthur Golden, which told the story of a young woman’s many struggles on her path to becoming a geisha in Japan during the backdrop of… Continue reading "Memoirs of a Geisha"
Gladiator made a pretty noticeable impact on cinema when it was released in the year, 2000. Motion picture epics were a very popular genre of movie for the medium for as long as its existed, and this film’s historical stance… Continue reading "Gladiator"
