Movies

  Who among us hasn’t ever wished that the characters on the big screen in front of us would leap into our comparatively less than magical lives and make them a little more exciting than the everyday reality we’re used to? We may have perfectly wonderful, functional, highly enjoyable but Continue Reading

  Sequels are not well loved creatures for the most part. Suffering from the law of diminishing returns, they are often Xerox copies of the much more memorable film that preceded them, riffing on the same ideas with the same characters and often same narrative devices, with nothing like the Continue Reading

  * WARNING: THERE IS NSFW VIOLENCE AND MILD SEXUAL CONTENT plus SPOILERS FROM FIRST FOUR SEASONS OF GAMES OF THRONES * Buckle up kids, this ain’t your grandmother’s The Princess Bride! Or is it? Perhaps The Princess Bride and Games of Thrones have far more in common that you might Continue Reading

  SNAPSHOT A Single Life is an animated short film in which Pia finds a vinyl single. When playing the mysterious single, Pia is suddenly able to travel through her life. If she spins the record forward, she becomes older. If she skips backwards, she gets younger. (synopsis via Vimeo) Continue Reading

  SNAPSHOT An extremely wealthy man (Ben Kingsley), dying from cancer, undergoes a radical medical procedure that transfers his consciousness into the body of a healthy young man (Ryan Reynolds). But all is not as it seems when he starts to uncover the mystery of the body’s origin and the Continue Reading

  SNAPSHOT The modern mammal metropolis of Zootopia is a city like no other. Comprised of habitat neighborhoods like ritzy Sahara Square and frigid Tundratown, it’s a melting pot where animals from every environment live together—a place where no matter what you are, from the biggest elephant to the smallest Continue Reading

  SNAPSHOT Directed by Brad Bird, “Tomorrowland” centers on a jaded scientist (George Clooney) who helps a bright teenager (Britt Robertson) travel to a high-tech wonderland somewhere in time and space. Their goal is nothing less than to “fix the future,” according to a grave-sounding Hugh Laurie, but the clock Continue Reading

  SNAPSHOT From the tepuis of South America to a monster-filled metropolis, Academy Award®-winning director Pete Docter has taken audiences to unique and imaginative places. In 2015, he will take us to the most extraordinary location of all – inside the mind of an 11-year-old named Riley. Growing up can Continue Reading

  You might not think there would be much of a silver lining in being knocked over the parapet of a bridge into the Seine River in Paris, sustaining a broken pelvis and shattered leg and waking up in a hospital room that sees more foot traffic than a rush Continue Reading

  SNAPSHOT Marvel Studios presents Avengers: Age of Ultron, the epic follow-up to the biggest Super Hero movie of all time. When Tony Stark tries to jumpstart a dormant peacekeeping program, things go awry and Earth’s Mightiest Heroes, including Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, The Incredible Hulk, Black Widow and Continue Reading