It’s no surprise that the cinema of late 1990s and early 2000s Hong Kong—right after the 1997 handover of Hong Kong, in which 156 years of British colonial rule finally came to an end—portrays a people and a region in flux. Filmmakers channeled the uncertainty they felt about what this
The New Star Trek “Origin” Movie Is Taking the Franchise in the Wrong Direction
As Star Trek fans, we may quibble about certain aspects of the franchise. We all have our opinions about the best captain or the general ethos of the show. But we can all agree on one thing: Star Trek is about boldly going where no one has gone before. It’s
Annette Bening on The Sopranos Remains the Strangest Cameo in TV History
Through its six-season run, classic HBO drama The Sopranos featured several unexpected cameos from real life celebrities. These included: director Jon Favreau, actor Ben Kingsley, and most hilariously: New York Jets head coach Eric “Man-genius” Mangini (whose team was coming off an impressive season at the time of filming but
‘THE BEEKEEPER’ Makes John Wick Look Like Walt Whitman
Just because a movie actively acknowledges how dumb it is doesn’t make it any less so. This is the case with The Beekeeper, a low-rent John Wick knockoff that almost plays like a spoof. There’s plenty of quick-cut bloody action, a truly mind-boggling amount of references to bees and bee
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