Tag: movies

REVIEW: Pocahontas (1995)

virginiakublawi | Apr 16, 2017 | 0

Following a period of financial prosperity and critical adoration, Disney released Pocahontas to disappointing box office and critical reception. Artists and storytellers at Disney expected their biggest hit yet, but it wasn’t to be. Pocahontas tells the fictionalized account of the Powhata...

REVIEW: The Lion King (1994)

virginiakublawi | Apr 7, 2017 | 0

The Disney Renaissance came to a head with 1994’s The Lion King. The past five years had been a time of change and prosperity at the studio after years of financial and critical disappointment; however, nobody had an inkling of The Lion King’s future success. Everyone and their mother has seen a...

What, Exactly, is a “True Fan”?

Geeks + Gamers | Apr 5, 2017 | 1

*Written by guest writer and Geeks + Gamers community leader Wes Blank* “True fan” is a term we all to often hear these days, be it in reference to enthusiasts of sports, wrestling, comics, movies, or video games. It’s always seems to be the same arguments. If you didn’t like...

Bourne Again

AlexGherzo | Dec 30, 2016 | 0

We’re in a film era where franchises reign, and one of the results of that is a large number of sequels flooding theaters. Like with everything else, the quality of sequels varies wildly, and it’s often hard to predict which ones will connect with audiences. I’ve surely been befuddled by which...

Why Die Hard is a Christmas Movie

AlexGherzo | Dec 21, 2016 | 0

You hear it every year, the refrain of the party poopers who want to ruin everyone’s fun: “Die Hard isn’t a Christmas movie.” While no Christmas Season is ever short of Grinches, this year in particular seems to be bringing the wassail Nazis out of the woodwork, and Die Hard is their target,...

Gremlins is a Darker Version of It’s a Wonderful Life

AlexGherzo | Dec 17, 2016 | 1

While making my way through my Christmas Movie Playlist, I decided to watch Gremlins again. I hadn’t seen it in years and kept forgetting to break it out at Christmastime (my brother actually owns the Blu Ray, so it was an out of sight, out of mind deal), but I was determined to rectify that &hell...