Movie Review: Wonder Park

Splendiferous! That is the everlasting battle cry of the precocious animals who inhabit Wonderland. Get used to it, you’re going to hear it a whole lot. It may be the only thing you take away from Wonder Park, which finally…

5 Iconic Scenes from “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off”

[tps_header][/tps_header] Celebrating 30 years of Ferris Bueller [tps_title][/tps_title] Even though I wasn’t born or raised in the 80’s when classic films were being made, John Hughes’ movies are timeless and have appealed to me in a way that modern young…

Movie Review: ‘Dirty Weekend’

I spent the majority of Neil LaBute’s Dirty Weekend with my glasses pushed up to my forehead and my thumb and forefinger crammed into my eye sockets. Recently cringe comedy has dominated large swaths of American media: Steve Carell’s antics…

History According to Hollywood: The Civil War – Part 2

So nigh is grandeur to our dust, So near is God to man, When Duty whispers low, Thou must, The youth replies, I can.                                                                                -Ralph Waldo Emerson Close your eyes for a second and think of the American West.…