Let's face it. You have got to have more guts to go snowboarding than skiing. Of course skiing is a beautiful and thrilling sport, but it cannot even come close…

Great films spotlight events in people's lives, so it is no wonder that there a slew of bachelor party movies. Bachelor parties are an iconic day of male bonding that…

Ah mothers, can't live with them can't live without the… oh wait, you literally wouldn't be alive without one. We are only given one mother and depending on the kind…

"Fringe's" debut on American television was met with much fan fare. Many critics and television aficionados believed that this would be the show of the year and would go on…

Trailers are designed to seduce and allure each of it's viewers into partaking with their hard earned cash just to escape from their dreary lives for an hour or two….

  Rap music and the hip-hop culture is fascinating. Just the colorful graffiti associated with the original movement is an eye-full. However, the quest to bring this world to the…

Fighting against the powerful stupidity of racism are these stories and characters that refuse to wallow in a mire of stereotypes by displaying their humanity, be it good or evil….

Writer Joseph Campbell popularized the idea of the Hero's Journey – the arc of events that define virtually every myth in human history. Movies could be called a kind of…

Everyone, well everyone not wearing a white pointed hat, is going to go after Hitler right out of the gate when time travel hits but what then? You need some…

The media is regrettably a little lacking in depictions of "handicapable" individuals. People who, despite a physical handicap, are able to get out there and get things done. There are…

Hollywood has had an embarrassing legacy of racist stereotypes in film. One of the most common is Asian stereotypes–be it from "yellow peril" villains like Fu Manchu or buffoons like…

Those pesky Europeans get all the luck. First of all they get to drink from an obscenely young age and not risk being ostracized or imprisoned by the locals for…

Incest is a horrific act to commit, yet for some reason it seems to populate many of cinemas most celebrated and respected films. What does this mean? Are Hollywood trying…

Joe Shishido should be a familiar face to any fan of the Japanese Another guy you should familiarize yourself with is the director Seijun Suzuki. His ultra-stylish and extra-crazy Japanese…

Well, it says it right there in the title. James Stewart is vacationing in India with his family when through no fault of his own he ends up hearing the…

When given the key to the kingdom, as well as the dungeon, a king can find that the dark side is just too enticing to not spend at least a…

The intimacy of black and white noir film gives the shadows a gravity that pulls you deeper into the stories. There's no CGI to cover up questionable storytelling (holler if…

If the next world war hit there wouldn’t be enough time to truly celebrate the end of the world even if you ended up restarting civilization in an abandoned party…

Hulu has got the whole show available. What happens when opposites attract? What happens when opposites butt heads? Well, both of these problems arise often during this series. "Black Books"…

They've got the all the cars, money, guns, and women they could ever ask for. Like any other profession out there, pimping is extremely competitive–only the strongest survive. But like…

Looking back on all the movies that came out in 2011, we can say one thing for sure– it was it a great year for indie movies! One after the…

  Every year, we see new gay movie characters. It's inevitable, since Hollywood can't resist a good cliche. Most of these characters are pretty one-note, but a few are some…

"Gossip Girl" is one of those shows full of rich, over-privileged kids living glamorous lives at just 16! You just can't stop watching them in their designer clothes at glamorous…

  The courtroom drama is a familiar vehicle for movie goers. While legal battles don’t have the compelling scenes found in action movies, they can have a huge social impact…

    Great teachers can be a tremendous influence on any student’s life. However unforgettable the good ones may be, the bad teachers may make even more of an impression….

  Legal shows are compelling because there is a winner and a loser by the end of the program. In that way, courtroom legal dramas are much like sporting events,…

  Who doesn't love it when there's someone in their kitchen cooking for them? We know we sure do! But we also know cooking is not that easy; it's an…

This indie-noir thriller should be picking up even more steam audience-wise now that star Jennifer Lawrence is a big "Hunger Games" celebrity. But this movie combines an indie focus on…