Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 – 2017

To say that Marvel has been on a roll recently would be an understatement. 2017 was one of their best years for Marvel Studios, and it included this sequel to one of the most original films ever produced by the studio. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 follows the titular Guardians led by Peter Quill […]

Groundhog Day – 1993

Happy Groundhog Day! 1886 is the first recorded celebration of Groundhog Day in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania. 1993 is the year that the film Groundhog Day was released in theaters. Which means that 108 Groundhog Days passed in that time, but Bill Murray managed to celebrate the holiday way more times than that. The plot of the […]

Blade Runner 2049 – 2017

The original Blade Runner is a classic of the science fiction genre and has aged surprisingly well over the last thirty-five years. A sequel has been long-speculated, but never came to fruition until now. I’d like to begin by saying that a sequel was completely unnecessary and if it had been terrible everyone would have […]

Rebecca – 1940

Winner of Best Picture almost 80 years ago, this Hitchcock film is one of his best and is arguably the one that gained him international recognition. The film follows a young woman (Joan Fontaine) who meets and marries Maxim de Winter (Laurence Olivier), a rich widower who is seeking companionship following the recent death of […]

Captain Fantastic – 2016

Raising children is a complicated process and fear of failing them is a massive motivator to do it right. Captain Fantastic is the story of Ben Cash (Viggo Mortensen), a father of six children who has raised them in relative isolation in the woods of the Pacific Northwest. But when they are forced to return […]

The Artist – 2011

Silent films are a thing of the past. They represent a different period of time that has, for the most part, faded into history. This film is both a masterful tribute and a reinvention of the silent age. George Valentin (Jean Dujardin) is a silent star whose entire world falls apart when sound finds its […]