Chiwetel Ejiofor
Movie Review: Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
With "Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness," Marvel Studios has again reinvigorated the comic book film genre with its most original adventure yet.
Movie Review: The Old Guard
Although it may be tempting to compare the latest action-adventure science-fiction film The Old Guard to something like, say Mad Max: Fury Road (2015), or even possibly Atomic Blonde (2017) – especially given that both of those films featured Charlize Theron, who also stars here – that would be unfair to every one of those films, given that those earlier works delivered more succinct and focused v...[Read More]
Trailer Trashin’: Matt Damon is Lost in Space in The Martian Official Trailer
It’s the last weekend of August, dear readers, and the summer movie season is at an end. But there’s still plenty of cool stuff coming to our theaters this year, from James Bond to Star Wars and everything in between. This week’s installment of Trailer Trashin’ takes a look at The Martian, the upcoming sci-fi film from director Ridley Scott. Premise: A manned mission to Mar...[Read More]
Movie Review: 12 Years a Slave
On first encountering the 1853 memoir of Solomon Northup, a free black man drugged and kidnapped from an educated, domestic life by opportunistic slave-traders in Washington D.C., director Steve McQueen felt he had read the “[American version of the Anne Frank story]” – two historical people fated to represent institutionalized evils through very personal words and experiences. Northup, as embodie...[Read More]