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More Equal Than Others: Six Films of 2012 Done Better

For better or worse, films don’t exist in a vacuum. If literature derives from itself, and, according to Marshall McLuhan, the content in any new medium is always the same as in the old, then films don’t exactly have a wealth of opportunities to be original. You can always compare a film to one that …

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Look Back at the Best Films of 2012

“Hey You Geeks!!” is all about the bread and butter of Geek Cinema; comic book films, science fiction, action, horror and fantasy. Because these genres overwhelmingly embody the money-earning side of film, they tend to exist on an uneven plain where weeding out the good from the bad is an often tedious task. Along this …

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Introverted Perspectives: Cinema, Presidents and Wallflowers

[one_half] Engage in any casual theoretical discussion about the medium of film and chances are you’ll at least touch on some variation of: Why is cinema the most influential art and entertainment form of our time? What’s so special about it? What can movies do uniquely and effectively that other forms of art can’t? [/one_half] …

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‘The Perks of Being a Wallflower’ an insightful, honest coming-of-age drama

The Perks of Being a Wallflower Directed by Stephen Chbosky Written by Stephen Chbosky USA, 2012 There are times during The Perks of Being a Wallflower when it looks like this film will be able to stand alongside such cinematic coming-of-age landmarks as Stand by Me and Rushmore, that its quality will remain steady and …

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