Oscars and Sad Movies: What Happened to the Uplifting Awards Contenders?
Video Version of this Article Photo: Oscars and Sad Movies Joy and happiness are Oscar worthy. It has happened and should happen more often. I want to first get this out of the way and establish that I am a massive fan of all the potential awards nominees this year....
A Tribute to Gael Garcia Bernal: The Rise and Journey of an Inspirational Star
Photo: Gael Garcia Bernal/Shutterstock Mexican Cinema has been referred to as the Hollywood of Latin America many, many times. Rightfully so, quite a few actors have emerged from the Mexican film industry, making a smooth transition into the international world of...
‘The Last of Us’ Episode 3 – ‘Long, Long Time’ | Setting a New High-Water Mark For Prestige Genre Television
Rarely do we, as avid TV watchers with all of our cynically savvy, deeply ingrained familiarity for the dramatic structures of television storytelling, get to witness an act of perfectly executed, purely emotional storytelling inside a single episode of television;...
‘The Last of Us’ Episode 2 ‘Infected’ Review: Joel and Ellie Confront Their Enemy in This Excellent Second Episode
The second episode of HBO’s ‘The Last of Us’ takes an even deeper, clinical dive into the show’s ultimate antagonist, the Cordyceps virus. In this week’s cold open, we witness the first moment in which an informed scientist gets an up-close look at an infected...
