Dissecting Ender’s Game

Depending on your point of view, Ender’s Game might be a solid, yet disappointing, adaptation or possibly the best blockbuster of the year.

Dissecting Rush: Biopicing at 200 MPH

Ron Howard returns to form with Rush, a solid dueling biopic that captures the intensity of F1 Racing even if it isn’t coherent and gets a great performance out of Daniel Brühl.

Dissecting The Directorial Sophomore Slumps of 2013

2013 has been full of directors’ sophomore efforts, like any year, only none of these films are living up to their director’s previous works.

Dissecting You’re Next: A Strong Reminder To Lock Your Doors

Lauren: It’s hard to beat The Strangers when it comes to terrifying home invasion films. Just ask The Purge from earlier this year, which lost itself in the bog of a message forced into what should have been a scary fun film of a family defending their own. What a disappointing fail. Good thing You’re […]

Dissecting The Spectacular Now: Coming of Age the Wrong Way

The Spectacular Now, from James Ponsoldt, is a grounded look at the coming of age story, but it comes apart when you realize it doesn’t have much depth or anything new to say in the genre.

Dissecting Kick-Ass 2: Does It Live Up To Its Title?

During a time in which superhero films are running rampant, it was no surprise that the subgenre of the normal man fighting crime would quickly get in on the action. Super, Griff the Invisible, and Defendor all have their places, and that’s just naming a few. And somewhere in the middle, there is Kick-Ass.

Dissecting 2 Guns

2 Guns is coming out at the tail end of the Summer movie season, but it is one of the more fun and straightforward entries with great turns by its leads, Denzel Washington and Mark Wahlberg.

Dissecting Pacific Rim

Guillermo del Toro has been away from behind the camera since 2008, but is Pacific Rim a worthy return for the talented filmmaker?
That answer might be complicated.

Dissecting World War Z: Keeping The Undead Alive Or Back In The Grave?

Lauren: World War Z is (not really) a film adaptation of the book of the same name, about the end of the world, zombie style. And apparently there is only one man who can save us.

Dissecting Man of Steel: Does Superman Sink or Soar?

Lauren and Zac break down the biggest superhero release of the summer in Man of Steel and things might get a bit ugly.

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