Author: Matthew Monagle

In his debut feature, director James Brooks turns the true story behind ‘Bomb City’ into a dark slide towards unavoidable violence.

After months of sexual harassment reports, Hollywood begins to lay the foundation for more rigorous morality clauses and corporate codes of ethics.

Netflix showed us a new form of film distribution this past weekend. Now we need to update our streaming etiquette to match.

As Netflix snaps up distribution rights abroad, studios have an opportunity to make movies that don’t chase global box office success.

The ‘Cloverfield’ series has shown that original screenplays and major studio franchises are just one or two rewrites from a match made in heaven.

We look back at the first two ‘Maze Runner’ films, wildly entertaining mashups of dystopian and post-apocalyptic cinema.

This film will be remembered long after some of the actual Oscar nominees are forgotten.

Entertaining or not, movies like ’12 Strong’ show the difficulty in trying to understand the Afghanistan War from within.

It’s time for the Academy to recognize the work of one of Hollywood’s most talented film composers.