Despite being rated PG-13 in America, Jalmari Helander's Big Game should target audiences between 10-15 like Dan Smith's Young Adult novelization of the film. B...
In the 12 years since Joe Dante's last genuinely great release (Looney Tunes: Back in Action), Dante has only made two films. 2009's The Hole was a movie comple...
Due to their public domain status, literary classics are subject to potentially endless film adaptations. Why make an original work when you can drape a top-rat...
Throughout my high school and college career, I plowed through multiple novels by British horror author, Simon Clark. The supermarket paperbacks were hardly lit...
As all good sequels must learn, the key to success is delivering on the promise set forth by the original while also providing something fresh and improved. Jus...
Whether it’s a matter of strong narrative direction and attractive aesthetic dressings bringing a film to life or, quite possibly, attractive aesthetic dressing...
The blaring, nerve-jangling violin jamboree that accompanies the assaulting opening titles of Insidious: Chapter 3 tells you all you really need to know. Escala...
I was a big fan of Entourage, loving the first four seasons and remaining entertained until the end. The fact Doug Ellin received backing for eight seasons is a...
If Hiromasa Yonebayashi’s When Marnie Was There does turn out to be the last Studio Ghibli theatrical film, then the animation powerhouse will be going out on a...
Cameron Crowe has made a career telling stories of flawed men who are saved thanks to young, quasi-magical women. His best films have shown the cracks in these ...
