Articles

LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE: Pushing The Yellow Bus 20 Years Later

Introduction It’s hard to overstate the enormous impact that Little Miss Sunshine had when the film debuted at the Sundance Film Festival in 2006. It...

THE END OF OAK STREET Review: A Summer Movie From Another Time

Introduction From the moment the soundtrack starts in David Robert Mitchell’s The End of Oak Street, I felt a certain sense of nostalgia. This movie...

QUENTIN TARANTINO: What’s Next For One Of Hollywood’s Greatest Directors?

Introduction Almost 35 years into his career, Quentin Tarantino remains one of the most distinctive and influential filmmakers of the modern era. Emerging from the...

BEETLEJUICE (1988): A Retro Review

Introduction  Tim Burton stands as one of the most prolific and creative filmmakers in modern American history. Just three years after his feature-length directorial debut,...

GRAN TURISMO Review – Product Marketing Disguised As A Clichéd Sports Movie

Introduction With Gran Turismo, director Neill Blomkamp delivers an adrenaline-filled true story filled with every sports movie cliché you could imagine. Despite the riveting racing sequences,...

THE LAST VOYAGE OF THE DEMETER Review – Batman Begins

The following is a series of entries from a critic’s log... 9 Aug, 7:15 pm - While searching for my seat, I am surrounded by...

Scholars’ Spotlight: Brigitte Bardot

Early Life Brigitte Bardot was born in Paris, France on September 28, 1934, to an upper-middle-class family. As a child, she began to study ballet....

THE EXORCIST – The Story Of A Cursed Production

Introduction Throughout the history of the moving image, there have been a handful of films classified as a "phenomenon." Examples of this are The Godfather...