Author: Monika Bartyzel

Columbia Pictures Thanks to Marvel, post-credit sequences are not just a nice surprise, but now they’re a cinematic prerequisite. They have evolved from extra perks…

Marvel Studios In Guardians of the Galaxy, Chris Pratt’s Peter Quill slowly unwinds his middle finger like a jack-in-the-box as men gaze at him from…

There is more to the ’80s than time travel, fantastical adventures, and teenage angst with a happy ending, but it wouldn’t seem like that with…

Focus Features People love a good twist ending. When it’s good, it’s The Sixth Sense. When it’s bad, it’s most of the Shyamalan films that…

Columbia Pictures We all know the refrain by now: remakes and reboots are a prime example of a creatively bankrupt Hollywood. The trend has gotten…

Dungeons & Dragons has defied the odds and turned forty this year. A niche game that might take a decade to complete, its mixture of…

20th Century Fox/United Artists The excellent Eli Wallach, whose career spanned over sixty years, passed away this week at the age of 98, and I’m…

New Line Cinema There was a time when the comedic cameo was a special, timeless treat. It would blend fiction and reality in an irresistible way,…

Talkback Thames Today is Richard Ayoade’s birthday. You might know him as the random British inclusion in The Watch, the filmmaker behind the Jesse Eisenberg…