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Empty eye sockets, a flaming skull, and a charred motorcycle are three reasons why you cannot mistake the Marvel anti-hero Ghost Rider with any other caped crusader. Thanks to Nicolas Cage’s portrayal of Ghost Rider, you’re likely not going to forget the character anytime soon if you find yourself in a theater catching Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance. Continue Reading
A serial killer knocks off his victims in the fashion of the seven deadly sins. A female space warrior tries to stop a ruthless alien species from ripping her to shreds. A college student uses the Internet and his coding abilities to become a billionaire, but loses friends and makes enemies along the way.
High school students have a hectic lifestyle. There’s homework to do, friends to hang out with, bullies to avoid, college applications to be filled out, and student leadership positions to be sought out. Don’t forget about flowering romantic relationships, the pep rallies, and the rigorous after-school sports schedules. Continue Reading
The wolf is beautiful. At least modern society thinks so. Today, we adore the wolf and see it as a symbol of freedom and adventure. The wolf is pictured as a durable, tough creature in illustrations and novels. Throw anything at it, and the wolf will overcome; it is, in a literal sense, the underdog.
Eva (Lauren German) presses her hand against a window as she watches nuclear bombs drop on New York City. Skyscrapers explode and then crumble. In the distance, walls of fire make their way across the skyline. Continue Reading
Middle school student Joe Lamb’s (Joel Courtney) best friend, Charles (Riley Griffiths), is hell-bent on making a zombie movie that will take a bite out of the competition at a local international film festival. One night, Charles gathers Joe and the rest of his closest buds, Cary; Preston; and Martin, to the train station to film a pivotal scene in his movie. Continue Reading
Directed by Bennett Miller, “Moneyball” is based on the true story of Major League Baseball’s Oakland Athletics general manager Billy Beane, who in the early 2000s rewrote the book on scouting ballplayers in an effort to take his floundering baseball team to the top. Continue Reading
An animated mystery-adventure-action film about a young journalist who stumbles into a frantic search for sunken treasure that was lost centuries ago during a pirate duel may sound like an original idea from the mind of director Steven Spielberg. But this story can’t claim to have been born amidst Spielberg’s neurons and frontal lobes. Continue Reading
Before seeing Mission: Impossible—Ghost Protocol, before I took my first bite of Tom Cruise’s latest film, I was nervous. I was afraid the movie would be stale. After all, it is the fourth Mission: Impossible movie, with the first one having come out fifteen years ago. Sure, the fourth Die Hard was pretty good, but that had Bruce Willis, a gruff action movie icon. Continue Reading
When Sherlock Holmes traditionalists think of their beloved sleuth’s adventures, I’m guessing that images of explosions, gunshots, and bone-shattering fight scenes don’t dance in their heads. Continue Reading