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Hollywood loves guilt by association. The thought being reminding people of a popular film property will be enough to drive butts to seats. It works often enough, but sometimes a movie can get burned by the comparisons.
The “Ocean’s Eleven” film series got by on an all-star ca... [More]
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Now that the initial shock has worn off that those “South Park” guys could produce a racy hit musical, “The Book of Mormon” has settled into the role of a landmark show that enjoys revivals and touring productions.
The show’s staying power is credit to creators Trey Pa... [More]
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I was born into this world in 1977 and have never known a life without Star Wars. The original trilogy loomed like a monolith over my formative years and brought science-fiction into the mainstream.
And the coolest guy to be a part of all this was Han Solo. The role took Harrison Ford from a virt... [More]
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Some shows are built for success. The cast, the direction and the venue all hardly matter for some musicals which boast such a strong infrastructure that they are essentially foolproof.
“The Phantom of the Opera” is one such show. Returning to the Fox Theatre stage through May 2... [More]
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Marvel president Kevin Feige has spent the past decade reinventing the blockbuster movie franchise by essentially taking what has made comic books successful and translating it to the big screen.
The formula breaks down like this: first, you let individual heroes have their own adventures under... [More]
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It’s amazing how, in the hands of the right filmmaker, small and quiet can be so much more thrilling and terrifying than big and loud.
“A Quiet Place” is such a tightly-drawn, briskly-plotted little horror movie I half expected Hitchcock to stroll through the background walkin... [More]
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Remember the 1980s? Steven Spielberg does. In fact, you could even argue Spielberg created the '80s.
At first glance, Spielberg’s new movie “Ready Player One” isn’t much more than an excuse to wallow in the pop culture of the decade of excess. But, once this sucker gets ... [More]
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Adapting video games into movies has not resulted in much box office or creative success.
At the top of the heap and the closest thing you could come to a qualified success was “Lara Croft: Tomb Raider,” a modest hit that starred Angelina Jolie and came out 17 years ago (added to the li... [More]
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At its best, science fiction explores the otherworldly to teach us a little something about ourselves and what it means to be human. It can also be pretty good at scaring the crap out of us.
“Annihilation” is a movie that succeeds at doing both. It’s a visually stunning film that ... [More]