Ever since Mario and Luigi made their awkward big-screen transition (seriously, what were they thinking with those Goombas), video game movies have served as cannon-fodder for critics and diehard gamers alike. Between bad filmmakers' clumsy-conceived visions (looking at you Uwe Boll) and a lackluster understanding of what makes the respective
Little Fish: Review. By Alif Majeed. Sci-fi movies, especially ones where something causes huge worldwide chaos, has become a mainstay of the genre. An unexplained disease or ailment is affecting everyone but stops short of going full post-apocalyptic mode. There have been many classics in the genre and some terrible
Away is a silent Latvian animation written, directed, animated and scored by Gints Zilbalodis. It tells the story of a boy who wakes up on an island with nothing but a bird for company, a motorcycle as a means of escape and a large, towering monster who looms over him
Few themes represent Americana like the pursuit of one's dreams. A mantra of blind hopefulness often drives people to their breaking point in order to accomplish the so-called "American Dream". This universal conceit acts as a narrative crux for several big-screen endeavors, including the latest crime/thriller American Dream. Similar to
Dead Man's Shoes: Review. By Luke Foulder-Hughes. Dead Man’s Shoes is a film about an ex soldier returning to his hometown to seek revenge on the small-time crooks who tormented his mentally ill brother whilst he was away. However, this film is so much deeper than other revenge flicks like
