Mamma Mia! at 10: A Fun, Feminist Legacy Ellena Zellhuber-McMillan July 17, 2018 Features, Love Letter, Nostalgia The faults of Mamma Mia! are well known; the singing is bad, the choreography is simple, and the plot is weak. Its strengths, on the other hand, are barely mentioned – strange for a film that made...
Stratton – Review Danielle Davenport September 1, 2017 Reviews In the world of Kingsman, Bourne, Bond and even Spooks: The Greater Good, Stratton is unlikely to stand out. More than unlikely, it’s downright certain that this is a franchise that will be sleeping with the...
The Citizen Kane of Awful: Abraham Lincoln – Vampire Hunter Naomi Soanes September 8, 2016 Features, Nostalgia, The Citizen Kane of Awful Cast: Benjamin Walker, Dominic Cooper, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Rufus Sewell Director: Timur Bekmambetov Writer: Seth Grahame-Smith Estimated Budget: $100 million US Gross: $116.4 million From the...
Your Week In Film: Tatum Splashes, Box Offices Bust, Fantastic Sequels, and the Return of Mel Gibson… Stephen O'Nion August 5, 2016 News 1. Channing Tatum will play a mermaid in remake of Splash, obviously Channing Tatum is no stranger to reboots; there’s the pair of Jump Street films, the adaptation of G.I. Joe, and the upcoming Men In...
Warcraft – Review Phil W. Bayles May 30, 2016 Reviews The fact that director Duncan Jones has hammered any kind of story out of one of the most popular videogames of all time is impressive, but Warcraft goes one better and manages to be pretty damn entertaining....
Miss You Already – Review Rachel Brook September 30, 2015 Reviews Despite the passion of its leads, Miss You Already is disappointingly formulaic. The establishing whistlestop tour of their friendship is derivative, and the too-good-to-be-true lives are predictably countered...
Dracula Untold – Review Ellena Zellhuber-McMillan October 7, 2014 Reviews Toying with the opposing forces of magnificence and mediocrity, Dracula Untold has moments of cinematic gold and cliché in abundance. With the former, there's evidence of Shore's debutant nerves. Through...
Need For Speed – Review Christopher Preston February 27, 2014 Reviews A song scabs over the penultimate scene of Need For Speed (or Braking Bad) before it hits you that it’s actually a truly dreadful cover of Dylan’s 'All Along The Watchtower'. This mangled arrangement...