John’s Movie Review: “The Wolf of Wall Street”

  Disclaimer: I’m going to try and be professional here and not gush over this movie. When it comes to elite directors, there are very few lists that will not include Martin Scorsese. There’s no doubt of his prowess as…

The Top 10 Reasons To Look Forward To The Upcoming Films of 2013

Now that the Summer blockbuster season has been laid to rest, the Fall awards-focused season is taking over. Studios looking to win Oscars for their films like to bundle up as many of their movies late in the year so…

Goodfellas TV Series Coming Soon?

There are few things that can be described as perfect — Reservoir Dogs, the early seasons of The Simpsons, Nutella, and the riveting The Walking Dead — perfect. And now we have a Goodfellas spin-off television show, and it cannot…

Les Misérables Cast: Roles of Theirs Not to Miss

How excited are we that Les Misérables hits theaters in less than a week? Are you sick of anticipating a film that’s promising great emotional payoff and just the right about of tears for the holiday season? Are you like…

The Film Canon: All the President’s Men (1976)

Some movies know they’re movies. If done well, they are aware that their job is to tell us a story, and invite us along for the ride. Whenever you hear a movie described as a ‘satire’, ‘parable’, or ‘epic’ –…

This Just In: Oz: The Great and Powerful

Sam Raimi (Spiderman- the Tobey Maguire version) is making a prequel to the 1939 version of The Wizard of Oz. The movie will be about how the actual Wizard of Oz became the actual Wizard of Oz. Set to come…

The Avengers and the Survival of the Cinema

Every few weeks, an article entitled “Death of the Cinema” or “Death of Film Criticism” materializes on some film blog. “The cinema is dying! Young people don’t go to the movies! They’re not made like they used to be,” they…