Jean-Luc Godard’s third film, with its technical innovation, darker themes and exquisite dialogue are all the rationale one needs to see why he was one of the greats.
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Perhaps its best that the first film in a column about the big questions of queer cinema was something deeply personal, glaringly obvious, and polarizing within the queer community-- Luca Guadagnino’s beloved and bemoaned Call Me By Your Name.
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How many Charlie Kaufmans does it take to write a screenplay? As it turns out the answer is two, but only if they are played by two Nic Cages.
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Following a world-class run of surrealist dramedies, Kaufman suddenly found himself flung into the annals of romanic comedy history with his memory-erasing jailbreak, “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind”
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As the streaming wars wage on, The Criterion Channel, HboMax, Prime Video and even the occasional Netflix pre-1980 bone, have made it easier than ever for the filmmakers of tomorrow to find the gems of yesterday.
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In 2002, Charlie Kaufman found a third feature in “Confessions of a Dangerous Mind” and an adversary in its director, George Clooney.
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After his debut, Kaufman’s “Human Nature” proves to be one of his most philosophically hairy tales.
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With the imminent September 4th release of Charlie Kaufman’s “I’m Thinking of Ending Things”, a Kaufman retrospective is just what the therapist ordered.
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A reflection of the career and lasting impact of Robin Williams on the sixth anniversary of his death
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In this article, Sean Chandler ranks the entire Terminator franchise just in time for the re-release of T2: Judgement Day in 3D!
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This weekend, the first of two major Stephen King book to film adaptations coming out this fall will arrive. While there's an enormous amount of anticipation for these two films, there is also a certain level of apprehension. While there are some great Stephen King cinematic adaptations, many are horrible.
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This year’s San Diego Comic-Con gave us tons of exciting trailers, announcements, and news regarding the future of the superhero movie genre, but one piece of information that appeared to go somewhat under the radar.
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July was a pretty good month for quality films and just like any month it had its highs and lows! This is going to be the first time that Men vs. Movies is doing a written best and worst for the month. This article will compile Nick, Brody, and Sean's list so that you could see our respective favorite and least favorite movies of this month and some of the reasons why.
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It was announced on Monday that James Bond will indeed return in November of 2019 for his 25th official installment. While EON Productions was reticent on the finer details of the production, the New York Times has indicated that Daniel Craig's return to the iconic role of 007 is a "done deal". Now Deadline is reporting that we could soon also have a director attached to the project.
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Blu ray update of the week! We have some great picks out there for you guys today!
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Let's talk Nolan movies! With Dunkirk having been released just last Thursday we thought that it would be awesome to give you guys our opinions of Christopher Nolan's best films so that you could have a Nolan marathon from worst (if there really is one) to best if you so desire! We have compiled lists from Sean Chandler, Tyler Tompkins, as well as our very own Griffin Schiller for this weeks ranking.
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Opening this week is French director Luc Besson’s latest film, Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets. The $180 million dollar sci-fi epic is both the highest budgeted independent and French film of all-time. While the title is unfamiliar to the casual movie goer in North America, the film is actually based off of a 50 year old French comic book. On the surface, it would seem strange for Besson to follow up his previous film, the international Scarlett Johansson hit Lucy, with a sci-fi film, but this kind of genre hopping has been a staple of Luc Besson’s career.
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Another week, another Weekend Update! During this Comic-Con week we see the release of two tentpole films in Christopher Nolan's WWII Epic Dunkirk and Luc Besson's Sci-Fi adventure Valerian and the City of A Thousand Planets. As always, you can purchase tickets in advance through Fandango by simply clicking the picture associated with each movie.
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War for the Planet of the Apes has finally hit theaters across the country and to no surprise at all has amassed massive amounts of critical and commercial praise. The franchise that began in 1968 with the original Charlton Heston classic Planet of the Apes, is no stranger to the sequel and reboot process having spawned several sequels in the early to mid-70s and of course the infamous 2001 reboot by Tim Burton. 2011 brought about the arrival of arguably the biggest surprise of the year in Rise of the Planet of the Apes and also our next attempt at a revival of the beloved cult classic franchise. In honor of the conclusion to the prequel apes trilogy, the writers here at Men vs. Movies have decided to rank the Apes films from worst to best.
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Ever wonder the history of the Planet of the Apes Franchise? Well here Sean Chandler gives you a rundown of it and why it is the original modern franchise!
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