The thing about biopics is, they’re hard to make. If you’re a filmmaker and want to tell a story about a famous person, common wisdom says that there are one of two ways to do it. The first is to portray the entirety of a famous person’s life and try to capture their essence. Oliver […]

Is Wes Anderson a good filmmaker? Does he make good films? The thing is, those are two separate and different questions. He’s got such a distinctive visual style and way of storytelling that even if you’ve never seen one of his movies, you probably have a pretty good idea of what they’re like. Or…hell, maybe […]

First, a warning: If you’re the parent of young children, and you consider packing them into the family truckster to see the new animated film Sausage Party, purely based on the fact that it’s animated…don’t. As a parent, your job is to check out any media your kids consume before they consume it. Animation is not strictly for […]