Month: December 2021
Being The Ricardos: Sorkin’s big swing
by Matt Ward
Always the most cunning and captivating wordsmith, Oscar winner Aaron Sorkin grows increasingly sure-handed behind the director’s chair with each new project he takes on. Much like his writing, Sorkin becomes more daring as his confidence grows in his third feature film released last week in theaters and on Amazon Prime reflects both his drive and ambition to make prestige cinematic drama. Being the … Read More Being The Ricardos: Sorkin’s big swing
Spider-Man No Way Home: Superhero movies are back
by Matt Ward
Marvel Studios has had a problem for the better part of two years now. Ever since the release of Avengers: Endgame in 2019, the Disney-owned franchise has been wallowing in a dilemma partially due to the COVID-19 pandemic and partially due to their own making. With most of their Avengers core retiring from the Marvel Cinematic Universe, producer Kevin Feige has had to start … Read More Spider-Man No Way Home: Superhero movies are back
West Side Story: Reimagining a classic
by Matt Ward
There really isn’t such a thing as a bad Steven Spielberg movie. Regardless of the film, one of America’s quintessential directors has crafted a career so illustrious and celebrated that it’s impossible to consider anything he makes bad. So when it was announced that Spielberg would attempt to reinvigorate the 1957 Broadway musical and 1961 Academy Award Best Picture winner West Side Story, there’s … Read More West Side Story: Reimagining a classic
The Power of the Dog: Melancholy in the old west
by Matt Ward
There’s no gunfights in Netflix’s largest awards contending release, a western starring Oscar nominee Benedict Cumberbatch as a Montana rancher in the 1920s. Director Jane Campion’s first film in more than a decade, The Power of the Dog is a subtle, slow-burn character driven drama examining life in the rural hills, what it means to be a man and the things we all too … Read More The Power of the Dog: Melancholy in the old west
Cinematic Considerations 