Review: 12 Years a Slave
The mark of a quality filmmaker is one who does not sugar coat or romanticize the truth – even if it is a brutal truth. Steve McQueen is a quality filmmaker. I’m a sucker for historical movies and a great cast, so of course I had to see 12 Years a Slavedespite that fact that I knew it would hard to watch. But with the star power of popular actors like Brad Pitt and Michael Fassbender, one would think such celebrity would...
The Great Casting Challenge: Part III
It seems this Ben Affleck casting caused quite a stir. As the news was dropped and the debris laid rest, fans were up in arms over their fallen hero, Christian Bale. The thing is the Batman recasting would’ve had to happen eventually. Just as all comic book movie stars will have to be recast eventually. So to avoid another commotion we’re here to help. We want to help plan ahead for these comic franchise, both new and old, released...
The Great Casting Challenge Part II
It seems this Ben Affleck casting caused quite a stir. As the news was dropped and the debris laid rest, fans were up in arms over their fallen hero, Christian Bale. The thing is the Batman recasting would’ve had to happen eventually. Just as all comic book movie stars will have to be recast eventually. So to avoid another commotion we’re here to help. We want to help plan ahead for these comic franchise, both new and old,...
The Great Casting Challenge Part I
It seems this Ben Affleck casting caused quite a stir. As the news was dropped and the debris laid to rest, fans were up in arms over their fallen hero, Christian Bale. The thing is the Batman recasting would’ve had to happen eventually. Just as all comic book movie stars will have to be recasted eventually. So to avoid another commotion we’re here to help. We want to help plan ahead for these comic book franchises, both new and...
Not Just a Whorehouse: Female Representation in Hell On Wheels
When we think of media representations of the Old West, we think of a hyper-masculine world filled with manly men like John Wayne and Clint Eastwood. It was in these same movies in which female characters were mainly found in the whorehouse or the saloon. The Old West woman was a one of loose morals, a feather boa, and a ribboned garter around her thigh. She was a characterture. There have been few substantial roles for women in the...