Hollywood has long been fascinated with bringing a tinge of real life to film in hopes to connect with audiences. While it is a fundamental element in successful film-making, it’s also prised by many who value the subject matter in hopes to spark a discussion that is important. Based on the 2007 New York Times best-selling novel of the same name by neuroscientist and writer Lisa Genova, Still Alice is more than just a film about the struggle of Alzheimer’s. In many ways, it is a harrowing tale of family, love and the effects on our lives from this debilitating disease.
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10 Movies To Look Out For This Winter
Since the weather outside isn’t frightful, the theaters will be delightful! Oscar season is upon us and going to the theater this winter is a great way to escape the holiday hustle and bustle. Here are a few of the best films coming out this winter that you should look out for.
An Inevitable Ending – “The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies”
The Lord of the Rings isn’t the first fantasy epic book to grace the big screen, but it is certainly one of the most expansive. Many of the characters have stories upon stories written about their exploits prior to the War of the Ring, the focus of the first trilogy. When that trilogy ended in […]
12 of Our Favorite Holiday Movies
Between baking cookies, trimming the tree and last-minute gift shopping, many of us will rejoice in the time we get to finally curl up on the couch drinking hot cocoa with our family and friends. While mastering the art of a holiday couch potato, many of us will be situated in front of the TV too, watching some of our favorite holiday […]
Hard Times In Memphis – “Exodus: Gods and Kings”
“Let My People Go.” Those words have inspired spirituals and songs for years. The story behind those songs, that of the freeing of the Hebrews from slavery in Egypt, isn’t as well known in popular culture. This story is the focus of the new movie, Exodus: Gods and Kings released on December 12th, 2014. The […]
“The Hunger Games – Mockingjay Part I”: Was it Worth Splitting in Two?
The moment you’ve been waiting for is here! This weekend, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 opens in theaters but was the film worth splitting in two installments? Our writer reviews the latest in the blockbuster franchise.
Love, Time, and Black Holes: A Review of Interstellar
Last Friday night I went to the movie theater. I grabbed some somewhat over-priced snacks, found the IMAX auditorium, located my comfy, leather recliner-style seat, and settled in to watch Christopher Nolan’s highly-anticipated Interstellar. Clocking in at nearly three hours long I knew that it was going to be a long movie. What I didn’t […]
Scary and Revolutionary: 8 Films That Helped Define the Horror Genre
Horror movies have long been a source of thrills and entertainment for us all, especially around this time of year. While sometimes they can be misconstrued as films that rely on cheap scares and over-the-top monsters in lieu of plot-driven stories, the genre is full of great movies that could satisfy even the staunchest movie […]
Experiencing Cinema Again: The Value of Re-Releasing Films in Theaters
Where were you for your first time? I am referring of course to the first time you got truly impacted by a movie in the theater. Mine happened when I was 7 years old and to this date it is one of the most terrifying experiences of my life. It was in May, 1997 and […]
“The Devil’s Hand” Giveaway
The Devil’s Hand finds six girls born on the sixth day of the sixth month to different mothers in the small, devout village of New Bethlehem. As an ancient prophecy is set in motion on their 18th birthday, one of the girls will become the Devil’s Hand. As the day approaches and one by one the young women begin to disappear, terror overtakes the quiet community and those remaining girls band together to uncover who or what is behind these treacherous acts.
“Dracula Untold”: Bite On!
Universal Pictures’ Dracula Untold, released this past Friday, retells the legend of Dracula’s turn from Prince of Transylvania to Lord of the Undead. Luke Evans tackles the role of Vlad the Impaler, whom later becomes Dracula.
A Beautiful Decay: “Gone Girl” Soundtrack Haunts
If music plays as a source of emotion in film, this darkness and abyss of twisted mystery is best described through Atticus Ross and Trent Reznor’s score as the two show a great evolution from their previous work with David Fincher in “The Social Network” and “The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo.”
Secrets Have a Way of Surfacing: “Gone Girl”
There is something hauntingly incongruous about the juxtaposition of lush, rolling green hills, leafy expanses of riverbank, and decaying Southern town with a sudden disappearance-feared-horrible-murder and yet director David Fincher manages to fit those things together flawlessly in the film adaptation of Gillian Flynn’s Gone Girl. If you haven’t read the book or seen the film please be aware that there may be spoilers in this review.
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