JAWS is so much more than a shark movie
Our staff weighs in on the best summer blockbuster ever.
Read MoreJURASSIC PARK has a secret weapon, and it's not dinosaurs
by Fiona Underhill, Staff Writer
Even more than the sense of spectacle and the warmth of the nostalgic glow - it’s the sharply funny and endlessly quotable dialogue.
How MAD MAX: FURY ROAD taught me to survive
by Matt Crump, Staff Writer
Reflections on a dark day spent bingeing the Mad Max franchise and how the newest installment helped them survive it.
RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK is a boisterous roller coaster of futility
by Alex Rudolph, Staff Writer
Indy good, Big Bang Theory reprehensible.
STAR WARS reignited a generation's imagination
by Kevin Bresnahan, Contributor
“We’re going to the movies tonight,” my friend said, “and you’re coming. You got to see this thing.”
SPEED is a legitimate non-stop thrill ride deserving of this description
by Matt McCafferty, Staff Writer
A lot of movies get slapped with the “non-stop thrill ride” label. As cheesy as that may sound, this is one of the rare movies that actually deserves that description
TERMINATOR 2 works because it is tactile in its invention
by Alex Rudolph, Staff Writer
The Terminator 2: Judgment Day Extreme DVD is the most ridiculous piece of physical movie media I own.
WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT? pulls unique magic from its hat
by Emily Maesar, Staff Writer
I often rewatch this film and am still filled with childlike awe and wonder because it remains one of the most impressive feats... never repeated. And they did it all without computers.
In ALIENS, Cameron rebukes post-Vietnam macho blockbusters
by A Freedman, Staff Writer
Number 9 in our countdown of the best summer blockbusters of all time.
GREASE revels in its incongruities
by Ryan Smillie, Staff Writer
As I got older, the absurd aspects of Grease became hilariously clear, but somehow, they only made me love the movie more.
How BACK TO THE FUTURE inspires us to make our own music
by Ashley Jane Davis, Staff Writer
Fifty-three seconds. One of the most monumental scenes in the history of cinema is only about fifty-three seconds long, and it changed my life forever.
THE SIXTH SENSE isn't made great because of the twist
by Jenna Kuerzi, Staff Writer
Movies told straightforward stories, and then this little kid seeing dead people knocked us all on our ass.
THE DARK KNIGHT already feels like a relic
by Ryan Silberstein, Managing Editor, The Red Herring
This Batman already feels like a film that may not speak to future generations the way it landed when it was released 13 years ago
BATMAN RETURNS remains a high point in superhero cinema
by Anthony Glassman, Contrbutor
Twenty-nine years ago, perfection dawned on silvers screens across this nation, a cinematic sunrise of such magnificence that its like had not been glimpsed before, and certainly has not been since equaled.
With a charming cast and earnest approach, TWISTER still thrills
by Billy Russell, Staff Writer
It’s dumb as a bag of tornadoes, but it works.
MEN IN BLACK remains supremely rewatchable
by Matt McCafferty, Staff Writer
“I make this look good” would probably be pretty cringe-worthy with almost any other actor.
THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK taps into our waking life and reminds us to dream
by Ryan Silberstein, Managing Editor, The Red Herring
"It's like something out of a dream…”
INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS is a love letter to movies and a hate letter to Nazis
by Ian Hrabe, Staff Writer
Throw 100 WWII movies into the blender that is Tarantino’s brain and you get Inglorious Basterds, and yet the film is so much more than the sum of its influences
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: THE CURSE OF THE BLACK PEARL is an atmospheric time capsule
by Jenna Kuerzi, Staff Writer
“Why is the rum gone!?”
As a movie, ALIEN is the perfect killing machine
by Victoria Potenza, Staff Writer
I often wonder what it was like to see a film like Alien on the screen when it was released.