Ophelia Movie Review: Daisy Ridley and Naomi Watts are the real victims in a sumptuous but shallow Hamlet retelling

Even if you haven’t read the Shakespeare play Hamlet, you still know the story. There was the prince who might be mad, the queen who married her husband’s wicked brother after her husband passed, and probably most iconic of all,…

Movie Review: Chimes at Midnight

Like wine, Orson Welles became more respected and rare over time. After his initial foray in Hollywood, he found it increasingly harder to finance his films. Hollywood only beckoned in need of his services as an actor, not a director.…

Recommended Films Based on the Plays of Shakespeare

Given that he is the world’s most revered author, one would safely assume Shakespeare and film go hand in hand. Shakespeare had been adapted long before the medium of film. It was first seen back when the stage was the…

Read of the Week: Meant to Be by Lauren Morrill

Meant to be or not meant to be . . . that is the question.  It’s one thing to fall head over heels into a puddle of hazelnut coffee, and quite another to fall for the—gasp—wrong guy. Straight-A junior Julia…