The new film The Light Between Oceans might seem like a change of pace for indie director Derek Cianfrance. He previously wrote and directed the Ryan Gosling starring indie films Blue Valentine and The Place Beyond the Pines, melodramas with…
Movie Review: The Light Between Oceans
Few films mirror the experience of reading a book with cinema and novels being two very different mediums of storytelling. They’re each structured specifically to enhance the story through the way you consume them. As a film buff and avid reader,…
Interview: Michael Fassbender talks ‘X-Men: Apocalypse’ and if he would play the next James Bond
Currently in Australia filming the latest Alien/Prometheus saga under the direction of Ridley Scott, Michael Fassbender (or Fassy to his friends) reprises Magneto in the new X-Men installment with more rage harnessed than ever before. Of German and Irish descent, Michael…
‘Assassin’s Creed’ First Trailer
You know that Hollywood is taking blockbuster films based on video games seriously when they premiere the first trailer at midnight on Jimmy Kimmel Live. In the wake of 2010’s train wreck effort in Prince of Persia starring Jake Gyllenhaal,…
Movie Review: X-Men: Apocalypse
Superhero fatigue is a very real condition quickly striking the critical masses. Remember the terror that was Batman v Superman? Hopefully not. What about the bombastic extravaganza that was Captain America: Civil War? Feels like it was only yesterday that…
Only the strong survive in the new ‘X-Men: Apocalypse’ trailer
In the wake of superhero trailers such as Captain America Civil War and Batman V Superman, it’s easy to forget about other superhero properties. The folks over at FOX however will be dammed if we forget about X-Men: Apocalypse as…
Ally’s Movie Review: Macbeth
In what could arguably be called Shakespeare’s bleakest tragedy, Michael Fassbender shines as the mad king Macbeth. While the rest of Macbeth flounders a bit in trying to find its footing in what kind of film it wants to be, Fassbender is…