‘The Meg’ doesn’t take the bait
Following in the noble footsteps of Roy Scheider and Blake Lively, it’s finally time for Jason Statham to do battle with a large shark. Judging by the fact that those…
Ryan Bordow is a lifelong art enthusiast whose biggest passions include writing movies and writing about movies. He studied both film production and media analysis at Arizona State University. Visit his personal website sittinginthecinema.com for more of his thoughts on film. When he’s not writing, he enjoys the study of theology and philosophy, and traveling the world whenever he can afford it.
Following in the noble footsteps of Roy Scheider and Blake Lively, it’s finally time for Jason Statham to do battle with a large shark. Judging by the fact that those…
To distract the world from their secret plan to buy out every other movie studio, Disney has been remaking their animated classics. Most of them have been beat-for-beat live-action remakes,…
In “The Spy Who Dumped Me”, a guy breaks up with Mila Kunis. While she’s blasting through the stages of grief at the speed of a two-hour movie, the CIA…
All within the same month, the indie film scene has been blessed with two movies heavily inspired by Spike Lee and a new joint from Mr. Lee himself. The first…
The “Mission: Impossible” series is the greatest action franchise in the history of cinema. Think about it: there is no other action franchise without a single bad movie to its…
If you’ve seen a Gus Van Sant film and have a working heart, you’ve probably gotten emotional during a Gus Van Sant film. The writer/director deals in spades of sentimentality,…
In April, I joined a group of film critics for a conversation with comedian and musical personality Bo Burnham. He recently launched onto the filmmaking scene with his debut movie…
“Sorry to Bother You” is a surrealist sci-fi comedy written and directed by longtime rapper Boots Riley. It’s a critique of racial exploitation in a capitalist system that uses humor…
The “Die Hard” franchise consists of five movies, but if one were to count its countless rip-offs, the number would skyrocket. After John McClane’s original outing started the “one man fights bad…
Think about the time when the Marvel Cinematic Universe was most exciting, before you unconsciously stored up money for the next inevitable installment. Think about when the MCU had to…
Ah, “The Purge”—the archetype of a filmmaker having one original thought and turning it into a franchise. “What if all crime was legal for one night?” is the kind of…
Screenwriter Taylor Sheridan seemed invincible. He avoided the pitfalls of a first-time screenplay with “Sicario”, a bleak meditation on the futility of fighting corruption. His follow-up yielded the even better “Hell or…