No, the title is not a metaphor. In this bombastic kung-fu epic, the Wu-Tang Clan’s RZA (also the co-writer and director) slips on a pair...

Despite what could easily have been a bloated two-and-a-half-hour runtime, Prisoners is a thoroughly captivating dramatic roller coaster...

As with District 9, director Neill Blomkamp’s previous effort, I’ve seen several critics accuse Elysium of lacking subtlety. I disagree...

Some movies just stick with you. Some movies are so unique, innovative, experimental, and transcendent that they worm their way into your...

There’s one scene in Ben Affleck’s The Town that every viewer remembers. Jeremy Renner’s character, a hotheaded street thug, joins...

Loopers. Assassins hired to kill men “zapped” to them from a not-too-distant future in which technology has made murder virtually...

Although the current lineup of Best Animated Feature nominees isn’t nearly as impressive as last year’s, I still took time out of my busy...

Ray Harryhausen, the undisputed king of stop-motion animation, often spoke of himself as an actor; his puppets were merely the medium...

After months of procrastination, I finally had the opportunity (thanks to an unexpectedly short workday) to pop in my Blu-ray copy of...

I’ve been in love with the concept of the Suicide Squad ever since I saw the “Task Force X” episode of Justice League...

Picked up a copy of Teen Titans: The Judas Contract, DC’s latest direct-to-video animated feature. I have fond memories of watching the...

I am currently subscribed to multiple streaming services that provide access to nearly unlimited movies. Thousands of long unavailable...

Went to Village East Cinema to see an anime called Haikara-san: Here Comes Miss Modern. Sappy romances are a definite guilty pleasure of...

Watched Fullmetal Alchemist on Netflix. Despite numerous warning signs (chiefly the fact that it skipped American theaters entirely,...

I went into Pitch Black with zero expectations, and, like many others, was pleasantly surprised to discover a legitimately intelligent,...

The Collection has a great ending. Like Jee-woon Kim’s gleefully gritty I Saw the Devil, it pushes the viewer uncomfortably close to the...

Black River One of Masaki Kobayashi’s many scathing statements on the sad state of Japan following the American military’s occupation,...

Produced earlier in the same year that saw the release of Hara-Kiri–the director’s scathing, blood soaked indictment of the popular,...

In his final film, director Kenji Mizoguchi makes his most powerful statement on his favorite theme: the suffering of women in Japanese...

Yesterday, I watched Shochiku’s Goke, Body Snatcher From Hell, a haunting, cynical, and brutally honest examination of human behavior–and...