2016 Tribeca Film Festival: A Hologram for the King

Tom Hanks has become such a universal actor that you just can expect him to play any role and know that you’ll be entertained– even if one of those roles calls for him to pop a giant cyst growing on…

Movie Review: ‘A Hologram for the King’

The new oddity by Tom Tykwer, A Hologram For The King, is a complete disaster. It meanders. It dodges. It’s so incoherent thematically, tonally and formally that in some instances it feels like Rock The Kasbah meets Inherent Vice. Or maybe…

Movie Review: My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2

 So apparently, My Big Fat Greek Wedding is considered the #1 romantic comedy of all time (at least in the television ads,) thanks to it grossing over $368 million worldwide. Another piece of information that yours truly was also not aware…

Everything is Copy: Nora Ephron’s Journey in Writing About Her Life

Heartburn. When Harry Met Sally… . Sleepless in Seattle. Julia & Julia. None of these films would have been had Nora Ephron not wrote—or sometimes directed—them. Ephron wrote articles for the New York Post, essays for Esquire, scripts for television,…

Bridge Of Spies Movie Review

At this point, you could probably fill a History of War book with DVDs of Steven Spielberg films. He tacked the brutality and atrocity of the second world war in Schindler’s List and Saving Private Ryan, while parading a War…

A Bittersweet Farewell: The Hunger Games and Remembering Philip Seymour Hoffman

As the world eagerly anticipates The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2, I can’t shake my feelings of bittersweet serenity. Before I go any further, I don’t want any misconceptions regarding my thoughts on this franchise. I wasn’t the biggest fan…

2015 Tribeca Film Festival: Misery Loves Comedy Review

In his directorial debut, Kevin Pollak signs on an impressive roster of actors, comedians, stand-ups, writers, and more, all to come together and answer one of the most dumbfounding questions known comedy lovers everywhere: do you truly have to be…