Battles around education can be many things, crushing, monumental, confounding, and impassioned among them. But rarely are they simplistic. That’s where “We the Parents” is a bit of a let down. The documentary forgoes a political intimacy with its co …Read more

With “Star Trek Into Darkness” coming out on Blu-Ray and DVD this Tuesday, we’d like to show you how the shiny blockbuster compares to its 31 year-old counterpart. “Star Trek Into Darkness” currently boasts an impressive 87 percent on Rotten Tomatoes …Read more

For the fashion-minded and the TV-obsessed, September is a pretty good time of year: the month includes both the arrival of Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in New York City and the fall premieres of many television shows.  In honor of both Fashion Week an …Read more

The summer movie season has come to an end, with big-budget blockbusters giving way to more prestigious Oscar-baiting dramas.  Given the vague title, classical soundtrack, and superb lead actresses, you’d be forgiven for thinking that “Adore” is one …Read more

This weekend, a distinctly refined documentary about China’s economic influence on Bordeaux wines comes to theaters, entitled “Red Obsession”. With such classy subject matter, one would assume that directors Warwick Ross and David Roach have a histor …Read more

“Red Obsession” is a new documentary by the filmmaking team of Warwick Ross and David Roach. Ross and Roach are not well-known in the States, but have found decent success in their native Australia. Beginning in 1988, they produced three films – “You …Read more

The New York and Telluride Film Festivals have released their lineups, giving us a sense of possible films to watch for come Oscar season. With Telluride already under way and NYFF a month off, let’s take a look at their schedules and find some of th …Read more

Last week, Warner Bros. shocked the world by unexpectedly announcing who would next be putting on the cowl of the Caped Crusader in the upcoming untitled Superman Vs. Batman film.  Contrary to previous reports that speculated they would go with a rel …Read more

In one month, the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) will branch into a new medium: television. “Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.” (to be referred to as “Agents of SHIELD” from here on) will be a canonical expansion of the MCU taking place after the events of “Th …Read more

Director Edgar Wright has finally brought his Cornetto Trilogy to an end. What began in 2004 with the romantic-zombie-comedy “Shaun of the Dead” and continued in 2007 with action-movie spoof “Hot Fuzz”, has reached its terminal point in 2013 with “Th …Read more