Mortal Engines Movie Review: Beautiful visuals can only distract from a convoluted story for so long

The world has been forever broken after an apocalyptic event: cities uprooted and placed on wheels to traverse what remains while trying to be the dominant force and survive. Hugo Weaving is a villain (again) bent on conquering whatever gets…

Movie Review: Hacksaw Ridge

Mel Gibson has returned to direct a film about war, faith, and male heroism. Yes, we have seen this from him many times before, but it has been at least a decade since his last directorial entry. That means that…

Allyson’s Movie Review: The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

Undoubtedly one of the most anticipated films of the year, here’s my suggestion to you as an avid fan of The Lord of the Rings trilogy: as you enter the theater to see The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey leave your…

Maxwell’s Movie Review: Cloud Atlas

Some movies are like real life – painfully realistic, often cynical or sad, these seek to portray a truth about the world we live in. Many of these are marvelous films – the best among them including Mike Leigh’s Another…

Coming Soon: Cloud Atlas

See, now I don’t know if any of you would have seen this, but in Dr. Strangelove [or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb], Peter Sellers portrays several characters within the movie. In fact, in many…