Kate Winslet
Revisiting James Cameron’s “Titanic”
For all the acclaim that was heaped on director James Cameron’s "Titanic" upon its release in 1997, a debate still exists as to the film's critical worth.
Movie Review: Avatar: The Way of Water
Not only is "Avatar: The Way of Water" a striking piece of work, but it is also perhaps the pinnacle of James Cameron’s career.
The Preview Reel: Can a New Blade Runner Climb the Mountain Between Us?
Welcome to the “Preview Reel” column, where we look at the week’s upcoming wide-release movies. Last weekend saw one of the closest box office weekends in recent memory as Kingsman: The Golden Circle barely edged out It and American Made for the top spot. This weekend will tell a different story as one of the most anticipated movies of the fall comes out—Blade Runner 2049. The Kate Winslet and Idr...[Read More]
DVD Review: Steve Jobs
The mythology of Steve Jobs knows no bounds. A Zen Buddhist who berated his employees, an absentee father who supported his daughter, and an underdog who spearheaded the biggest company in the world, all through the guise of glasses and a black turtleneck. Was he a good guy? Was he even a genius? Such questions have been asked time and time again, often with an ambiguous response behind them. Judg...[Read More]
10 Best Things About the 2016 Oscars
How exactly would host Chris Rock handle #OscarsSoWhite, after staying mostly silent on the issues in recent weeks? What if Leo didn’t win? Would this be a “political Oscars” and who else is Hollywood excluding? We still do not have all the answers, and there is a lot of work to do. This was the year of the #agendaoscars, a year where effort itself was the show’s hope and spotlight. It was not a h...[Read More]
A Kid Film Critic Reviews Divergent
Divergent is one of my favorite movies because it has a fantastic story and lots of action. The film is about a girl Tris (Shailene Woodley). She lives in futuristic Chicago surrounded by a wall that was built after a great war. In this city the people are divided into factions to keep the peace. Factions are a group of people who do the same thing. The factions are called Abnegation, Candor, Amit...[Read More]
Trailer Trashin’: Another Crack at Teen-Lit Jackpot in Divergent
Hello again, dear readers, and I hope you all enjoyed your long Labor Day weekend. Now that the end-of-August releases have landed with their customary thud, we can leave the summer movie season behind and look forward to the fall and winter releases. In the meantime, this week’s new Trailer Trashin’ takes a look at the first teaser for the upcoming sci-fi book adaptation Divergent. Pr...[Read More]
Movie Review: Carnage
With sadistic glee and a voyeur’s camera, Roman Polanski’s film version of French playwright Yasmina Reza’s stage production God of Carnage (shortened to the misleading horror-suggesting title Carnage)is a razor-sharp, viciously mocking comedy of bourgeois manners that draws from the caustic work of Edward Albee and the brittle futility of Luis Bunuel’s best efforts (especially as a variation on h...[Read More]
Movie Review: Contagion
Let me get this out of the way first: ignore all the trailers and advertisements for this movie. They don’t really tell you what it’s really about. Contagion is not an action/horror film, nor is it a George Romero-esque tale of oppressive government fear mongers and shadowy dealings (or even zombies). It is a Steven Soderbergh film, meaning it is more of an ensemble piece with lots of dialogue tha...[Read More]