Story by Grant Dillard, Staff writer “Venom” is the latest attempt from Sony Pictures at starting a standalone “Spider-Man” film series after the Sam Raimi trilogy of films starring Tobey Maguire, and the two “Amazing Spider-Man” films starring Andrew Garfield. This time around, due to Spider-Man himself being involved in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Sony’s Read More
Story by Grant Dillard, Staff writer Graphic courtesy of Freestockphotos “To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before” premiered on Netflix on Aug. 17, 2018 and has received unanimous critical praise from audiences. The film currently has a 91 percent score on Rotten Tomatoes and a 7.4 rating on IMDB. But is the film really deserving Read More
Story by Grant Dillard, Staff writer Graphic courtesy of SVG Silh “Alpha” has had a tough journey to actually make it to theaters. Though it had two previous release dates in 2017 and 2018, it was finally released in August 2018. All the time that it took for the film to play in theaters might lead you Read More
Story by Grant Dillard, Staff writer 2016 wasn’t the best year when it came to Batman movies. “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice,”, “Batman: The Killing Joke” and “Suicide Squad”, which the hero cameoed, received mixed to negative feedback from critics and audiences alike. However, there is one Batman movie that is good from beginning to end: Read More
Story by Grant Dillard, Staff Writer Graphic courtesy of Wikimedia Commons Shark movies are a dime a dozen these days. Every year more movies featuring a killer shark come out, whether by theatrical release or straight to DVD or TV. “The Meg”, based on the novel Meg: A Novel of Deep Terror is just another shark movie Read More
Story by Grant Dillard, Staff writer Graphic courtesy of Wikimedia Commons For the past few years, Disney has been releasing live-action adaptations of their animated films. Features like “Beauty and the Beast,” “The Jungle Book” and “Cinderella” have been huge successes at the box office and have been received positively by both critics and audiences. With Read More
Review by Grant Dillard, Staff writer Photo courtesy of commons.wikimedia.org On Tuesday, January 23rd, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences revealed their Oscar nominations for 2018. While some of their choices were very good, others were either questionable or simply lackluster. Here are the films, directors, actors and others that were more deserving of Read More
Review by Grant Dillard, Staff writer When it comes to action, Liam Neeson has been no stranger to the genre. Neeson has had action-centric roles in films such as “Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace” and “Batman Begins,” but it wasn’t until the release of “Taken” in 2009 where he cemented his status as Read More