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Putting The Fun Back In Star Wars – And Some Feminism, Too

Like many generation X and Y kids, I grew up with Star Wars. Dazzled by Han Solo, charmed by C-3PO and R2-D2, and thrown into fits of...

Trainwreck: Not (Entirely) The Coarse Comedy You'd Expect

Trainwreck’s trailers and teasers would’ve had viewers expecting a raunchy comedy about a loveably loose lady finding love and not being...

Jurassic World (Presented By Mercedes-Benz)

If you came out of Jurassic World with a mysterious, unprecedented urge to buy a Mercedes-Benz, it’s probably because the endless parade...

On Fifty Shades of Grey Far Exceeding My Very Low Expectations

Fifty Shades of Grey far exceeded my expectations, which were very low. After reading excerpts of the novels here and there, I knew I’d...

The Interview Is The Snort-Inducing Stoner Comedy You Hoped For, Not A Regime Killer

Like any good Rogen/Franco comedy, The Interview made me snort unbecomingly (okay, I guess there is no other way to snort unless you are...

Keira Knightley's Imitation Game Is On Point

In 2009, Keira Knightley made her stage debut in the Martin Crimp adaption of Moliere’s The Misanthrope in London’s West End. About a...

Gone Girl Film Plays Differently To The Book's Readers/Non-Readers

Your experience watching Gone Girl may be swayed pretty heavily by whether or not you read the book before seeing it. I saw Gone Girl...

Is This America Or A Dystopian Novel? Why Sony's Move Is An Insult To Art

I realize that what I am about to say is loftier than this film would likely warrant. But you can thank the terrorists for that. Or the...

In Which Peter Pan Live Knocks The Wind Out Of My Sarcasm

I’m tempted to critique Peter Pan Live like I would a stage performance: to point out which voices wobbled when (hardly any, and hardly...

Scene Stealer: Shia LaBeouf In Fury

So Logan Lerman, that kid who starred in Percy Jackson And The Olympians (which I never saw, I’m a bit too old for that book) and The...