MCU Madness: Iron Man (2008)
In 2008, Marvel started an incredibly ambitious journey that would ultimately change blockbuster filmmaking and…
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Rogue One Teaser Trailer
Rebels set out on a mission to steal the plans for the Death Star. Stars Felicity Jones, Mads Mikkelsen, Alan Tudyk, Donnie Yen, Ben Mendelsohn, Forest Whitaker and Genevieve O’Reilly. Directed by Gareth Edwards. Screenplay by Chris Weitz. In theaters December 16, 2016.
Mountains May Depart: An Underwhelming Effort from one of China’s Best
In Chinese filmmaker Jia Zhangke’s 2013 A Touch of Sin, we see four stories based on specific incidents. The film has grown in my mind ever since seeing it a few years ago because these disparate yet somehow cohesive stories all lend insight to a nationalistic mood. In Mountains May Depart, Jia’s latest which stormed out of the gates at Cannes last …
Sundance: Captain Fantastic, Complete Unknown, and Richard Linklater: Dream is Destiny
The “Too Many Endings Viggo Mortensen Curse” afflicts actor-turned-director Matthew Ross’ (28 Hotel Rooms) second film, Captain Fantastic, a frustratingly flawed, overlong, overindulgent family comedy-drama centered on Mortensen’s character, Ben, an anti-consumerist, anti-capitalist survivalist raising his six children in the forests…
Next Projection’s Top Ten Films of 2014
Tomorrow, January 24th, the 2016 Next Projection Awards will be taking place. In the meantime, please take a look at our Top Ten Films of 2014.
The Projection: Oscar Top Ten Films of 2015 (Plus 15 More)
I like to spot the common theme in each year’s film slate, and this year there were multiple. This was, at long last, the Year of the Woman, and seven of my top 10 are passionate stories about women both strong and frail…stories of humanity through the female lens. And even many of the films on this list that are not strictly “female centered” contain strong female voices and presences. If the prevailing theme of a year’s films represents the artistic community’s outcry for what is missing, surely this is it.
The Leftovers Season Two: A Masterful Act
Season four of the Wire, the first season of True Detective the finale season of Breaking Bad, Game of Thrones season three, Seinfeld’s fifth season, season six of The Sopranos: these are some of the greatest years of television ever composed. These are seasons that come as close to perfect as humanly or cinematically possible. These are seasons that now have to make room in their trophy shelf for The Leftovers season two.
The Night Before: An Entirely Unnecessary Dudebro Comedy
For better or for worse, Seth Rogen is here to stay. He may not be as ubiquitous as his longtime friend and frequent collaborator, James Franco, but he’s close. We only have ourselves to blame. In comedy after comedy, Rogen has essayed one weed-obsessed, clueless man-child after another and until moviegoers…
The Goldbergs, “Lucky,” (3.7) - TV Review
The family acquires a dog thanks to Barry’s discovery that he’s not deathly allergic to the furry four-legged beasts after all.
The Peanuts Movie: Not Groundbreaking, But it is Fun and Comforting
The good news for anyone anticipating The Peanuts Movie is that it holds very true to Charles M. Schultz’s comic strip and the original television specials that many of us grew up on. So much so that the film seems almost quaint in comparison to many of the kids movies of today. There are no fart jokes, no references to R-rated …