This review is by my daughter, Emma Bailey, a student at Lake Forest College in Lake Forest, IL, she is majoring in psychology and art. A Short Review and Social Psychological Analysis of Tomorrowland The recently released Disney movie, Tomorrowland, conveys a message to its viewers about the current behavioral attitude that people have towards […]
Tomorrowland’s hopeful message is enhanced by a simple but wonderful Cherokee legend called The Two Wolves. An old Grandfather said to his grandson, who came to him with anger at a friend who had done him an injustice, “Let me tell you a story. I too, at times, have felt a great hate for those […]
There are a couple of differences between the Poltergeist reboot and the original film. Despite these differences, most of the story has remained the same. A family moves into a house in the suburbs. They have to try to make things work due to their financial problems. They have three kids, the wife is struggling […]
To say that people going into this movie had a lot of expectations is both an understatement and a lie. While George Miller, the mastermind behind the original 3 Mad Max films, was at the helm again, in his own words the film was neither a reboot nor a sequel. Fans of the original films […]
The moment we’ve all been waiting for Avengers: Age of Ultron! I know everyone has been hyped since they announced it! I know I have! I had the pleasure of watching the Double Feature my work showed, Avengers 1 and Avengers: Age of Ultron. I was lucky enough to score the day off for the […]
When news of a live action version of Attack On Titan was first announced, most of us all cringed in fear of what it would turn out to be. I mean seriously, when was the last time a property like this, which was a Manga turned anime before it became a live action film, actually turn out […]
Kill Me Three Times, the latest film to star Simon Pegg, is billed as a “darkly comedic thriller,” but that description, like almost all of the characters in this film, doesn’t quite tell the truth. What it is is a circular, 1970s-flair “why dun it” (since we pretty much know who), with beautiful Western Australian scenery […]
I’m fascinated by post-apocalyptic stories – the conflict that changed the world is rarely as interesting to me as how humans react to it, and how they survive (and face, it there’s no story if humans don’t survive). From I Am Legend and The Passage, to the Hunger Games series and now the Divergent books, […]
Be kind and have courage. That’s all it takes to succeed in the Disney world, and Disney itself succeeds with this live action version of their 1950 animated film Cinderella. True to the original story, Cinderella is the fairy tale (for those of you who have lived deprived lives) of the beautiful orphan girl, subjected […]
CHAPPiE is a film that is directed by Neil Blomkamp and is actually based on a short film he created, titled Tetra Vaal. CHAPPiE stars Yolandi Visser and Watkin Judor Jones from the South African rap group Die Antwoord. However, there is a cast full of well-known celebrities in this film. This includes Hugh Jackman, […]