This weekend, Dwayne Johnson returns to the big screen in a way that no one has seen him before. The wrestler-turned-actor is letting go of stacking up big box office dollars and is flexing his acting muscles in The Smashing Machine, written and directed by Benny Safdie. Johnson takes on the role
The 96th Academy Award/Oscar nominations were announced today. While some woke up to happy phone calls from their friends, family, and publicists; others didn’t get the call they were expecting. That being said, there were some surprises to be had and they certainly did shake things up this
Oppenheimer continued its big awards season push with a major showing during the nominations for the 96th Academy Awards/Oscars. The Christopher Nolan-directed critical and box office smash scored the most nominations today with a total of 13 nods, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor
Throughout all of our lives, there are people we grow close to who act as beacons, a light in human form that allows us to find our way through the darkness. Sometimes this light merely diminishes or changes, but other times these beacon friends can become anchors, as their influence exerts itself
Undertaking a story like The Odyssey on screen is a titanic trial. Like the trials that Odysseus faces in his return to Ithaca, Christopher Nolan's decision to make his next film based on Homer's epic poem was a choice. I come from a storytelling background, and I have a degree in screenwriting.
Though marital arts action cinema is vast and varied, it is rare for one to elevate the genre and push it forward. There have been few recently - The Raid comes to mind, and while not technically "martial arts" I'd argue John Wick counts - that feel as if something new and special is happening.
