By Ben Pivoz The sci-fi thriller Glass is the third part of a trilogy writer/director M. Night Shyamalan started nearly two decades ago, when he was seen as a promising up-and-coming filmmaker. The first movie in the series was 2000’s Unbreakable, a drama about the relationship between a man who had never been hurt and…

It always amazes me how multiple movies with the same topics get made around the same time. Last May there was the documentary RBG, about Ruth Bader Ginsburg. It jumped through her life with an amazing lack of depth. Now comes On the Basis of Sex, a biopic focusing on the beginnings of her legal…

A group of people are locked in a room together and must solve intricate puzzles in order to find a way out. That is the idea of an escape room, and I guess it was just a matter of time before the concept was applied to a horror movie. That would be Escape Room, the…

Dick Cheney, a man who rose up through American politics to become the most powerful Vice President we have ever had, is a ripe target for a biopic. The filmmaker that chose to tell his story is director/writer/producer Adam McKay, who made a bunch of Will Ferrell comedies before directing/co-writing The Big Short, a satirical…

After the total mess that was Venom, I certainly would not have said I was confident in Sony’s ability to do anything worthwhile with their rights to Spider-Man and other Marvel characters. Thankfully, they have proven me wrong with the wonderful new animated outing Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. This is not only one of the…

Most biographies of artists try to provide insight into their work by exploring their life. That can be effective with a singer or actor, someone whose creative process can be easily visualized. That is difficult with a writer or painter. It is hard to make something internal exciting on-screen. The result is usually an effort…