Movies

March was an excellent month at the box office, with major film releases like “Dune: Part Two,” “Kung Fu Panda 4,” “Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire,” and “Godzilla X Kong” all walking away with massive paydays. As reported by Box Office Mojo,…

“Isn’t it past your jail time?” Kimmel asked former President Donald Trump after reading a Truth Social post in which Trump criticized his performance at the Oscars on Sunday night. A triggered Jimmy Kimmel reads President Trump’s Truth…

Denis Villeneuve’s “Dune” saga is arguably the best use of special effects ever accomplished on the big screen. Especially after 10 years of lackluster “Star Wars” films and Marvel’s endless CGI, “Dune” is a breath of fresh air. But it also…

Sometime in autumn 1992, I walked out of Michael Mann’s “The Last of the Mohicans” exhilarated and ready to sit through at least another hour of that movie. Almost exactly 25 years later, I walked out of Villeneuve’s “Blade…

Superhero movies have dominated the cinematic landscape for the better part of two decades now and consistently generate some of the most popular franchises. They are so dominant and historically commercially successful that filmmakers like…

Which is more important for a movie: a compelling story or ideology? If you found yourself among those with an internal monologue, you likely answered “compelling story.” If so, I’m sorry to inform you that this means you are a…

Stop me if you’ve heard this one before — a red-state governor, in the midst of a nationwide immigration crisis, defies the president and shuts down the state’s borders to prevent more immigrants from coming in. This leads other states…

Releasing just before 2023’s close, “Godzilla Minus One” took the world by storm. Produced on a budget reportedly under $15 million, “Minus One” earned Toho Studios roughly $100 million at the global box office by making people from all…

Zack Snyder has been a controversial filmmaker for decades. Not because of his politics or the things we usually associate with controversy, but because almost every project he does is creatively divisive. His latest project for Netflix,…

Athletes in general, and football players in particular, often seem two-dimensional creatures. With the exception of the biggest stars, few know their faces, and few know much about their off-field lives either. Reggie White proved the…