End-of-year lists are a rite of passage, a time to select the best of the best from all we’ve seen. Like its small-screen counterparts, 2023 proved to be an unusual year in film.. Countless delays due to widespread industry strikes shifted many potential blockbusters to 2024 and beyond, while numerous
A CONFUCIAN CONFUSION: Coupling and Capitalism, Edward Yang-Style
Edward Yang directed only seven feature films before his untimely death from colon cancer in 2007, yet the relatively small size of his filmography—which also includes a segment of the omnibus In Our Time that served as his directorial debut—should not belie his legacy as one of the most important
Aquaman 2 Review: The King of Atlantis Limply Buries DCEU at Sea
One of the most amusing bits of the 2000s HBO sitcom Entourage was the fake movies that existed within the TV show. While protagonist Vincent Chase was fictional, the Hollywood he moved through was not. Real actors playing versions of themselves cameoed as they helped build Chase’s fictional movie star
MIGRATION: A Well-Done Duck Movie
My biggest criticism of Illumination has been that their animated films feel less like movies and more like stitching together of good-but-not-great gags. Migration, however, manages to work as a complete film, as the patchwork formula works better for this film than the studio’s previous efforts. Even better, it’s a
Rebel Moon: All the Major Star Wars Influences in the New Zack Snyder Movie
This Rebel Moon article contains spoilers. After rolling credits on Rebel Moon Part 1: A Child of Fire, you won’t be surprised to learn the Netflix movie began life as a pitch for a new Star Wars film. Director Zack Snyder brought his idea for a “more mature” Star Wars