Bill Nighy

"Living" retells Akira Kurosawa's "Ikiru" and, with help from a career-best performance from Bill Nighy, tells a powerful story about what it means to live.

Upon first glance, you may find yourself wondering if another film adaptation of Jane Austen’s classic novel Emma is needed (or wanted for that matter). In fact, one could even argue it would be impossible to improve on Amy Heckerling’s update of the tale in Clueless (1995). Thankfully, you would be considerably wrong as the latest version of the Austen classic, Emma, from director Autumn de Wilde...[Read More]

In the long history of horror fiction, few characters are as iconic and well-known as the Frankenstein monster. Mary Shelley’s creation has appeared hundreds of times across different media, and his name and image are instantly recognizable the world over. While the most famous cinematic depiction of the creature is, of course, Boris Karloff in James Whale’s Frankenstein (1931), many o...[Read More]

I am a huge fan of Edgar Wright, the English director who helmed Shaun of the Dead (2004), Hot Fuzz (2007), and Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010). Wright is responsible for some of my favorite comedies, and he is a director whose work I will always support. Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz are the first two parts of a thematic trilogy; one not connected by characters or narrative, but instead by sh...[Read More]

For as long as I can remember, I have loved the films of stop-motion animator Ray Harryhausen. When it was announced in 2009 that the long-discussed remake of Harryhausen’s Clash of the Titans (1981) was finally going to be made, I was curious to see how it turned out. After the remake came out in 2010, I thought that it was a flawed but entertaining popcorn film that had some interesting sp...[Read More]