This must be the week for unnecessary sequels. Who would have thought the cute 2011 animated feature Gnomeo & Juliet, which tells the story of (you guessed it!) Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet through the lives of garden gnomes, would have ever spawned a sequel seven years later? Certainly not this guy. Sherlock Gnomes is the […]
In 1996, Lara Croft burst onto the gaming scene with the launch of the very first Tomb Raider game and instantly became an icon in the gaming industry. The pistol-packing, Indiana Jones inspired heroine became such a hot property that her character was transitioned to the big screen in 2001 in Lara Croft: Tomb Raider […]
“Everybody deserves a good love story” is the tagline for this movie, and the viewers get a surprisingly wonderful one here. Love, Simon feels like a modern day John Hughes coming-of-age story that follows Simon (Nick Robinson) as he counts down the last 200 days of high school. He has a loving family at home […]
A Wrinkle in Time is a widely acclaimed 1962 science fiction novel by Madeleine L’Engle. Although I’ve never read it myself, I recognize its title as a literary classic just from its constant presence within schools and literary discussion. I imagine if you’re like me and haven’t read it, you’ve probably, at the very least, […]
After working together on three of the four Hunger Games films, Jennifer Lawrence is under the direction of Francis Lawrence (no relation) once again – this time in the spy/thriller Red Sparrow. Written for the screen by Justin Haythe (Revolutionary Road), the film is adapted from a 2013 book of the same name by Jason […]
It’s the time of year again and I thought it would be fun to make my Oscar picks. I’ve managed to see as many films as I possibly could in 2017 to lead up to this and while unfortunately I missed a few, I always find it fun to pick winners in each category to […]
After a little over a decade of screenwriting a number of groundbreaking films (28 Days Later, Sunshine, Dredd), Alex Garland transitioned to the director’s chair for the first time in 2015 and delivered a masterful film he wrote called Ex Machina. This film was such a clever and thought-provoking thriller that it left me on […]
A traditional game night is a night in which friends get together and compete in challenging games of luck and skill. Finger foods are picked over throughout the night and adult beverages can be and often are guzzled down. It doesn’t, however, traditionally include someone getting beat up and kidnapped which leads to a night […]
Marvel has done it again, folks. After making his debut and kicking a bunch of ass in 2016’s Captain America: Civil War, fans have been clamoring to see more of the Black Panther character, and they won’t be disappointed with his feature film, Black Panther. Chadwick Boseman returns as T’Challa, the crowned prince of the […]
Fifty Shades Freed is the third and final installment to a franchise that began as Twilight fan-fiction but later went on to become a sensation that swept the nation. Though it rarely comes up in conversation, I often find it rare that I speak with a lady who hasn’t read the books or seen the […]
