Brandon is attached to all forms of media, whether TV-related or social, but loves film the most. He strives to watch as much as possible, whenever possible.
The largest struggle biopics experience is, more than anything else, choosing where to begin. And in turn, the largest mistake they make is often the choice to follow their subjects from childhood onward. Generally, we as an audience don’t need an origin story from these films, especially when it has no relevance to the achievements that make their …
Trees, shrubbery, betrayal, blood, black magic, love in disrepair, hopeless terror. Paint a picture of hell on Earth using these shades, and the ensuing portrait is a glimpse into a nightmare. Not just any old nightmare, the kind without a true exit, in which all doors lead to the same prison. You’re not in your right mind, you’re scared, you’re in danger and …
While decades-later sequels to beloved (or cult classic) comedies grow more frequent, our expectations become lower and lower with each passing release. The initial novelty of reprised roles and resurfaced inside jokes wore thin in 2014 when Dumb and Dumber To incited either underwhelmed or volatile reactions from audiences. Now, these films have …
The character of Deadpool happens to be a character entirely in the hands of his writer. Across comics and movies, he’s seen multiple varied incarnations ranging from good, to tolerable, to awful. Whether his one-liners are dumb references, genuinely humorous quips, or non-existent altogether is entirely up to the…
Simply the existence of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies has inadvertently sparked a single thought in the minds of audiences across the world: “Hey, this kinda looks like that movie that came out a couple of years ago, Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter.” But while these comparisons moviegoers conjure up tend to have no…
With Hail, Caesar!, the Coen Brothers’ shared ability to arrange an extravagant basket of cinematic fruits, and unapologetically present that gift to their audience, proves to be undying. Here in particular those fruits are ripe as ever, making for one of the directing duo’s most chaotic films, and in turn one of their most interesting. Within, a …
Here’s the thing about January horror films: There never is just one. 2016 was kicked off with The Forest, which was not particularly awful, but not particularly worthwhile. Fast-forward to a couple of weeks later, and now we have The Boy, which appears to be a bit of anomaly. It’s being sold as a serious, creepy scare-fest by its marketing, but its plot is so …
As a result of Michael Bay’s reputation, if the world expected something out of 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi, it was tone deaf jingoistic carnage making dumb action setpieces out of a tragedy. And it’s hard to blame the world, because after all, it’s equally hard to believe that the man who helmed Pearl Harbor and…
Every January, every year, for the last four years, the first film to receive a wide release has been a less-than-stellar horror film. In 2012, it was The Devil Inside, a lazy found-footage vehicle that contained no visible effort. In 2013, it was Texas Chainsaw 3D, a horrendous monstrosity of a sequel with no reason to exist…
Hilarity is hard to come by, seeing as it’s more subjective than any other aspect of film. Comedic taste, more frequently than the artistic integrity of the comedy being watched, influences how often one will find it, and so many comedies will find a niche group to satisfy. To name a few broader groups, there’s the teen crowd, the…