“Make Your Own Legacy”: A Review Of Creed
Why, of all sports, does boxing seem to pop up so frequently in cinema? Baseball,…
The Good Dinosaur Is A Simpler Tale…But That’s Not An Entirely Bad Thing
One of the reoccurring storytelling templates that have cropped up in the filmography of PIXAR…
Male Eroticism Only Gets VICTOR FRANKENSTEIN So Far…
With the exception of our friend and former Dissolve contributor, Craig J. Clark, you won’t…
Bad Films Shot By Great Cinematographers: THE BURNING PLAIN
Who Shot It: Robert Elswit. Elswit is best-known today as the man who shot Paul…
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2 Isn’t Anywhere Near As Good As Deathly Hallows Part 2, But It Is Leagues Better Than The Hobbit 3
And so, Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence) takes her bow, concluding her four-part Hunger Games saga…
Bad Films Shot By Great Cinematographers: MEET JOE BLACK
Who Shot It: Emmanuel Lubezki. Before he became the cinematographer you hire when you want…
The Alien History of THE MARTIAN – Part 1: THE MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH
Just as the stranded explorer of The Martian is not an alien, the mysterious visitor in The Man…
SPOTLIGHT Takes A Professional Look At A True Horror
At the risk of sounding entirely too superficial, it was about halfway through Tom McCarthy’s…
Spectre Is A Mish-Mash Of Half-Baked Concepts And Ideas
There’s less of a plot going on during the 140+ minute running time of Spectre…
Halloween Psych-Out – Part 6: PERFORMANCE
What’s a Halloween-appropriate film without a bracing dose of the occult? How about a 1970…