Mad about Science: Alien (1979)
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist The few times that I’ve penned an article about a movie it has been to tear it to pieces for scientific inaccuracies, ludicrous time jumps and plot holes big...
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If you want to honor Pearl Harbor, don’t watch the Michael Bay film
By Ben Olson Reader Staff I confess, I’m a sucker for war films. Iconic entries in the genre like Apocalypse Now, The Thin Red Line, Saving Private Ryan and Dunkirk are cinematic masterpieces, blending...
Napoleonic
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff It’s tempting to say that the new film Napoleon, from director Ridley Scott, which premiered in theaters just before Thanksgiving, comes at an apt time — given how many...
El Conde gives Augusto Pinochet the Count Dracula treatment
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff The best art always depicts things we think we understand but in ways that make us think again. The moody 2023 film El Conde from Chilean director Pablo Larraín...
Disney+ series Ahsoka makes old Star Wars fans feel even older — and that’s good
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff It’s telling that The Washington Post felt compelled to publish a piece Aug. 22 titled, “What you need to watch before Ahsoka series releases.” First, that viewers would “need”...
Turning back the clock with Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff One thing that can be said in favor of Hollywood’s addictive cycle of prequels, sequels and reboots is that I’ve been able to replay many of my favorite cinematic...
3,000 Years of Longing… for John Wick 4
By Danielle Packard Reader Contributor Across the country, moviegoers are preparing for the cinema mashup “Barbenheimer.” What is a cinema mash-up you ask? Like a blue moon it happens rarely and should be celebrated....
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 has big disaffected early-middle age energy
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Warning: This article may contain plot details that some consider spoilers. Hunting for elevated themes in a Marvel blockbuster is almost certainly an exercise in making much ado about...
A Christmas Story Christmas is more a rumination on mortality than a holiday romp
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff A Christmas Story is, to a certain population, among the quintessential ruminations on the seasonal experience — at least from the perspective of a couple of smart-aleck kids, one...
Good hunting
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff The plains of North America are a big stage on which many of the most dramatic episodes of our continental history have been played. Much too often those episodes...
