Is enjoyment extinct in ‘Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom?’
Some things never change. In 1993, the world looked a lot like it does now: America’s relationship with Russia dominated the news, lovers of music prepared for Radiohead’s upcoming tour,…
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.
Some things never change. In 1993, the world looked a lot like it does now: America’s relationship with Russia dominated the news, lovers of music prepared for Radiohead’s upcoming tour,…
“Tag” shouldn’t have worked. It revolves around a simple premise taken from real life, but it’s exaggerated and artificially extended to cinematic proportions. It has one message that’s narrated at…
Everyone loved “The Incredibles” in 2004. Despite feverish hopes that its ending was meant to signal a sequel, time marched on without a peep from the Parrs. But here we…
Heavily stylized, hyper-violent, original action films have experienced a revival lately. One could trace this resurgence back to 2012’s criminally ignored “Dredd”, but the genre’s most famous addition is the…
We live in a divided country. Discourse and empathy are in short supply, and a majority of the figures we collectively looked up to have proven to be problematic (or far worse).…
Modern moviegoers are at a disadvantage when it comes to horror classics. Some of the scariest horror movies ever made feel like esoteric relics now—“The Exorcist” has become the first…
There was once a time when “Star Wars” fans waited 16 years for the next movie in the franchise. “Star Wars” lovers had enough time to raise kids of their…
As children, we enjoy juvenile humor. The key to a kids’ funny bone is often asinine and vacuous, signifying nothing. As we grow older, approaching second childishness and mere oblivion,…
“Life of the Party” begins with a generic pop song that would make you change the station after seconds of hearing it on the radio. Watching “Life of the Party”…
Charlize Theron has portrayed some formidable women. Her agent in “Atomic Blonde” challenged action movie gender roles, and her Imperator Furiosa was such a ferocious, feminist fighter that ‘men’s rights…
Ten years ago, the post-credits scene of 2008’s humble “Iron Man” promised that a team would assemble. That eventually happened in “The Avengers”, but its mid-credits scene revealed that Thanos had much…
How should movie studios market arthouse masterpieces? There’s no simple answer, given that the majority of moviegoers want blockbuster escapism instead of arthouse masterpieces. Paramount Pictures ran into this problem with “mother!”,…