Two mice fell into a bucket of cream. The first mouse gave up and drowned. The second mouse wouldn’t quit: he struggled so hard, he churned that cream into butter and walked out. Frank William Abagnale, Jr. was that second mouse. As part of a series on Film Sentinel, each week we are revisiting a work... Continue Reading →
Guess what? You’re guilty of murder. It just hasn’t happened yet. If that doesn’t seem fair to you, then you’re with Spielberg. As part of a series on Film Sentinel, each week we are revisiting a work from Steven Spielberg’s career. Following a brief hiatus, this week we’re back looking at Minority Report. Based on... Continue Reading →
Welcome back to Series Spielberg, a series on Film Sentinel where each week we are examining a work from the career of one of cinema’s most prolific directors: the king of the blockbuster, Steven Spielberg. Last week, we discussed Duel, Spielberg’s first professional film, a man-vs.-auto thriller that was originally intended for the small screen.... Continue Reading →
“Run.” This was the single word uttered by Walter Hartwell White to his partner Jesse Pinkman, after saving his life by running over two notorious drug dealers in a season three episode of Breaking Bad, the absolute greatest work of drama to be produced for television. Jesse should have done just that, not just fleeing... Continue Reading →
Get your popcorn: there’s a brand new Tarantino flick back in town. Cinema’s beloved bad boy has returned with a whole fresh round of blood, choice language and film references, and if the director is to be believed, it’s your second-to-last chance to see his work on the big screen before the venerated filmmaker retires.... Continue Reading →
Take cover: the boogeyman is back. No, I’m not talking about the creature under your bed, I’m talking about John Wick. Returning for a third round in what is quickly proving itself one of the greatest action franchises of all time, Keanu Reeves teams up with stuntman-turned film director Chad Stahelski once again for John... Continue Reading →
Doppelgängers. Scissors. Red jumpsuits. This is Us: no, not the tear-jerker TV show on NBC, Jordan Peele’s rabidly-anticipated follow-up to Get Out, his debut horror film which was an unprecedented box office success and garnered four Oscar nominations. After rebranding himself a master of terror, all eyes have been on the development of Peele’s second... Continue Reading →
M. Night Shyamalan, one of the most fascinating and frustrating minds in Hollywood history, is back with the capper to his highly unorthodox trilogy. Beginning with 2000’s Unbreakable, and covertly extended with 2017’s Split, 2019’s Glass combines both movies to conclude what is being retroactively dubbed as The Eastrail 177 Trilogy. Fans of both films... Continue Reading →
Ben is back. Or, perhaps more appropriately, Lucas Hedges is back (again), as there doesn’t seem to be a holiday season that goes by anymore without the budding star popping up in a slew of prestige projects. In the family/addiction drama Ben is Back, Hedges collaborates with his father director Peter Hedges for the first... Continue Reading →
It’s no secret we’re living in an increasingly turbulent political climate. Americans are more divided than ever before, with hate groups that have been considered all-but-extinct feeling empowered to crawl out of the woodwork at every turn. Cinema has long served as a powerful rebuke on those who hold power, but with the critical times... Continue Reading →
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