By Alan Hurst 20th Century Fox was known for many things during Hollywood’s heyday – child star Shirley Temple, skater Sonja Henie, socially relevant dramas like The Grapes of Wrath (1940), some great westerns like My Darling Clementine (1946), and some terrific film noirs including Laura (1944) and Kiss of Death (1947). But whether it…
By Nick Maylor Robert Downey Jr. has played the role of Tony Stark/Iron man for over a decade in various leading and supporting roles in the Marvel Cinematic Universe; the highest-grossing film franchise of all time. Downey’s story is that of the ultimate comeback kid. After a slew of personal and legal struggles that culminated…
By Nick Maylor Having already become the second highest-grossing film of all time, Avengers: Endgame (2019) is a film that one could easily argue is loaded with “awesome”. After months of anticipation, I presented the 10 things I wanted to see the most in the massive, ensemble superhero blockbuster. I left the theatre having not…
By Alan Hurst Movie moms tend to fall into three categories. You have the self-sacrificing, almost saintly mothers as epitomized by Greer Garson in Mrs. Miniver (1942), Irene Dunne in I Remember Mama (1948), and step mom Julie Andrews in The Sound of Music (1965). Then there are the dark, edgy creations like Margaret Wycherly…
By John H. Foote The movie season is divided into three specific categories. From January through April we have the dumping ground, the months the studios release their films that they are unsure of. From time to time we get a Captain Marvel to shake things up, but usually audiences are still going to see…
By John H. Foote Our lives begin with knowing our mother, yet in the beginning we know nothing. It is only through the years, and if we are paying attention, we even begin to understand the staggering strength, the self-sacrifice, compassion, empathy, and love of our mother. My mother faced cancer at 27 in the…
By John H. Foote Been a rough week. My mom and dad, both in their eighties, were rushed by ambulance to the hospital last Monday morning with symptoms of pneumonia. Each was diagnosed with pneumonia, but Dad’s had taken hold literally overnight and was causing his heart distress. They sent Mom home with me, and…
By Craig Leask Everyone knows the story. The British passenger liner R.M.S. Titanic, promoted as “unsinkable”, struck an iceberg and sank in the Atlantic Ocean on its maiden voyage from Southampton to New York City in the early hours of April 15, 1912. Of the estimated 2,224 passengers and crew on board, more than 1,500…
By Clarisse Tenreiro This year, Alfonso Cuarón brought the monochrome screen back on the stage of the Academy Awards with his drama Roma (2018), proving once more that the absence of colour can be as strong as the millions of shades and hues that today’s technology offers to paint a picture with. By winning the…
By Nick Maylor Although it is only my second most anticipated movie coming out this year, the forthcoming culmination of the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s first massive story arc (known as the “Infinity Saga”) basically has me busting at the seams with anticipation. Unlike Avengers: Infinity War (2018), the forthcoming sequel has shown us basically no…