Several New DVDs Beg The Question: What Makes a Movie Star?
Since I started teaching film feature and review courses as an adjunct two years ago, first at Xavier University and …
Category Archives: Black Eye
Review: ‘Hancock’
There’s something genuinely redundant about casting Will Smith as a superhero in a release on the Fourth of July. Much …
Review: ‘Wanted’
Wesley Gibson (James McAvoy) might seem more than vaguely familiar to both film and comic book fans. Wesley is a …
A Marvelous Summer
Back in the day, I avidly read comic books. I was the kid who earned an allowance primarily so that …
Review: ‘CJ7’
As writer, director, producer and star, Stephen Chow wears more hats at one time than most players in the movie …
The Enchanter
Enchanted, Disney’s blockbusting mix of live-action and animation, musical and romantic drama, earned multiple Best Song nominations from the Academy …
Review: ‘Taxi to the Dark Side’
Sometimes I feel like the only person who remembers pre-9/11 New York City. Back before I moved to Cincinnati in …
Black Film From a Black Perspective
Due in part to our complicated racial history in the United States, the African-American experience comes filtered through its engagement …
Review: ‘Youth Without Youth’
Sometimes the greatest challenges come later in life after you’ve achieved everything you thought your heart desired, when you wake …
A Hollywood Manifesto
About six years ago, Zach Helm found himself at his own version of the crossroads. As a screenwriter for hire, …
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