AIR dramatizes a fascinating story with light touch
by Ryan Silberstein, Managing Editor, Red Herring
Michael Jordan was inevitable, but what Air does is give an inside view of how improbable the Nike side of this deal actually was.
Get in the Basement with The Cinematic Maniac, Volume 3: Yule Love It!
by Nikk Nelson, Staff Writer, Cinematic Maniac
Nothing makes me happier than sitting down and watching two, three, or even more movies in a row—following a throughline of theme, actor, director, or whatever strikes my fancy.
“Do you miss me, Miss misery?”: A look back at AS GOOD AS IT GETS and GOOD WILL HUNTING 25 years later
by Sam Morris, Staff Writer
My initial beliefs of what mental health and mental illness were have been formed in large part by popular culture. Two films, both released in December of 1997, were seminal in the construction of those beliefs: As Good As It Gets and Good Will Hunting.
PEARL HARBOR at 20: Still not your dad's World War 2 movie
by Fiona Underhill, Contributor
There are two main reasons I love this film – the romance (and the fact that I was a university student with a HUGE crush on the film’s two male leads at the time Pearl Harbor was released) and because I love disaster movies.
ZACK SNYDER’S JUSTICE LEAGUE makes a case for superhero stories as television
by Audrey Callerstrom, Staff Writer
There are moments in Zack Snyder’s Justice League that you just kind of have to forgive to fully enjoy it.
The Way Back
Directed by Gavin O’Connor
Written by Brad Ingelsby and Gavin O’Connor
Starring Ben Affleck, Janina Gavankar, Al Madrigal and Michaela Watkins
Running Time: 1 hour and 48 minutes
MPAA Rating: R for language throughout including some sexual references
by Rosalie Kicks, Old Sport
“I’m fine. I appreciate it, I’m fine.”
When I graduated from film school my plan was gutsy, but simple: I would move to Los Angeles, California, assume a minimal lifestyle and become a film director. In order to accomplish this, prior to my expedition to the left coast I rid myself of all non-movie related paraphernalia. My wardrobe would be limited to polka dot shirts and striped pants… I was hoping this would be a diversion tactic of sorts when I pitched my zillion dollar evil dollz epic to Spoolberg. How could a producer worry about a budget when they are more concerned with the conflicting patterns of stripes and dots? I wasn’t willing to do anything to get my movie made, but I was willing to sleep on a lawn chair if need be. There is nothing more important than the picture, not even sleep. Rest and relaxation shall come when I am dead. Unfortunately, the dead part almost became a reality. Similar to the character Jack Cunningham (Ben Affleck) in The Way Back, I almost found myself with a one way ticket to coffin comfort via alcohol.
Read MoreLive By Night and Live With Regret
Directed by Ben Affleck (2016)
by Rosalie Kicks!
Old Sport at Moviejawn
Originally posted on Cinepunx
Guys, we need to talk about Ben*. No! Not Ben Stiller or Ben Foster. I’m talking about Hollywood’s golden son, the other Ben...Ben Affleck (aka THEE Batman). There’s no other way to put this: This guy has lost his marbles.
Read MoreBatman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice
Directed by Zack Snyder (2016)
by Francis Friel
The Projectionist at Moviejawn
Zack Snyder has to be absolutely shitting his pants right now. Pacing around his no-doubt gigantic Fortress of Solitude somewhere in the Hollywood Hills, nervously moving his hand over his pants pocket, checking his phone, no vibration, no texts, no calls…“What must Warner Bros. be thinking right now?” Parading Amy Adams out in front of the press to quell the ominous, almost apocalyptic critical response to his latest film. Damage control being rolled out before most people have even had a chance to see this thing the studio is generously, psychotically calling a “movie.” Will Visionary Director Zack Snyder still have a job after Monday morning? He’s going over all the numbers in his head. Rotten Tomatoes currently holding strong at 32%, having dropped steadily by 10% every day for the last three days, again, before the public has seen a single frame of this DC Universe Doomsday Machine. Box Office Mojo projecting a weekend pull of $180million against the film’s purported budget of $410m. Will any of this, could any of this point to a new direction for the Man of Steel and the Caped Crusader? Could they really, after all this, just reboot the whole thing again, Sony Spider-Man-style? Right now, anything seems possible. With Wonder Woman already set to debut in a standalone property just over a year from now, Suicide Squad pumping out one fucking batshit trailer after another, and Affleck threatening his own Bat-film shortly after…where will Snyder fit into all this after opening weekend?
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