Defiant Success

There have been a number of films that many people I know online absolutely love. Some of them I saw and thought were a bit overhyped. (I ...

After making shows like Buffy the Vampire Slayer , Firefly  and Dollhouse , and the one-two punch of The Cabin in the Woods  and The Aveng...

As some of you may know, life after college isn't particularly easy. Employment, rent, taxes, relationships...it can be pretty dauntin...

Every now and again, those films from Hollywood's Golden Age that are usually forgotten tend to get their moment in the spotlight. (mo...

Not long into Thomas McCarthy's The Station Agent  does the story begin. Fin (Peter Dinklage) inherits a train depot from a friend of ...

Stormy affairs are ones Hollywood usually tends to avoid. After all, Hollywood's more interested in the ones that end happily ever aft...

Finding a solid romance film nowadays is sort of rare. Most films of the genre just rely on sex. No emotions, no passion, nothing. Just se...

It's made quite early on in Alexander Payne's Citizen Ruth  that Ruth Stoops (Laura Dern) is a very screwed up person. Everyone kn...

Boy, the things one does to maintain a reputation. Some will keep telling lies until it just escalates out of proportion. Others, if reall...

Sex. A good film just isn't complete without it, is it? Sometimes it's carnal, sometimes it's sensual. Either way, if there...