The Alien franchise is one of the most divisive in history. Yes, the first two films are nearly universally beloved. And Alien: Resurrection is widely hated. But Alien 3 and Prometheus stand as hotly debated pieces in the franchise. Prometheus represented Ridley Scott’s return to the Alien franchise in nearly forty years. Rather than make a down the line horror film, Scott opted for a metaphysical narrative focused on re-imagining the creation myth and questioning...
Who doesn’t love to laugh? The laughable (and bankable) takes on comedic levity transcend on many different platforms from cartoon strips, to stand-up comedy, to television sitcoms, to quirky novels, and everything else in-between. As many would summarize, Hollywood (or rather motion pictures in general) are no strangers towards producing comedy feature films and with a variety of styles to choose from, including dark comedies, quirk comedies, R-rated raunchy comedies, and so on. Now, as...
Whether it be director Jonathan Levine (50/50, The Night Of), screenwriter Katie Dippold (The Heat, Parks & Recreation) or Amy Schumer herself, Snatched has a ton of high-profile talent coming together. Does the movie provide some laugh-out-loud moments? Definitely. Does it provide any semblance of a story or give audiences anything to be invested in besides a series of funny scenes? Unfortunately not.
War is arguably the most devastating situation a human being can put themselves through. Some argue for a world of disarmament. Others believe war is a necessary evil. But no matter your opinion on the act, everyone agrees it ravages the minds, bodies, and souls of those sent to fight. Additionally, the country serving as the backdrop for the combat suffers economic and geographic stress as well. War movies help make sense of acts that...
By: CineMuseFilms The primal terror of captivity appears in everything from fairy tales to horror films, and female captives are particularly popular tropes for vulnerability to sexual abuse. Most captivity stories are framed into a binary where the captor is an evil ogre and the captive an object of sympathy. One of the many reasons the Australian made Berlin Syndrome (2017) stands out as a psychological thriller is that it defies these conventions by portraying the...
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