The Godfather

First things first: don’t expect me to say anything original about the third entry of The Godfather franchise. Far greater minds than myself have reiterated its numerous flaws, especially how it pales in comparison to…

In a shocking announcement earlier this week, Warner Bros made it clear that their 2021 slate of releases would all drop simultaneously in theaters and on HBO Max. Brennan and I talk about which films…

By now, everyone knows that Tommy Wiseau is by far one of the greatest actors in history. No other person can reach his level of emotion or his infectious charisma. Ever since his breakout performance…

What are movies? What makes one movie “cinema” and another a “theme park ride”? These clickbait questions have been on everyone’s mind lately. Martin Scorcese and Francis Ford Coppola have been asked to comment on…

Since Al Jolson first came on the screen nearly ten decades ago with the words “Wait a minute, wait a minute, you ain’t heard nothin’ yet!” film has been a major part of our culture.…

One of the greatest benefits of film is the ability to tell a lot of story in just a few shots. Unlike a book, a film doesn’t have to literally spell everything out; a movie…

Some movies get a lot more notoriety than others. It’s hard to determine what movies are going to take off and what ones won’t. One doesn’t often hear 12 Angry Men (1957) — by all means…

The summer movie season is winding to a close. Like most summers in the 21st Century, this summer has been one chock full of sequels. Much of the time, sequels are “meh” and fail to…

The crime/gangster sub-genre contains in itself an anachronistic library of classically defining workings. Historically, the genre seemed to have generally trickled down in relevance, peeking relatively fast but also plateauing in equal measure. It laid…