This week’s blog post will be all about the man behind the camera–the director. This year’s list has a mix of both newcomers and more experienced directors that are used [...]

January isn’t only the start of a new year; it’s also the beginning of Oscar season. The nominations are in, and during the run up to the awards ceremony on [...]

Whether young, old, or somewhere in between, everyone will get a kick out of Steven Spielberg’s latest animated triumph, The Adventures of Tintin. The film has managed to deftly bring [...]

The weather is slowly getting colder, the semester is winding down, Starbucks has broken out their seasonal drinks, and Boston is ablaze with twinkly lights and Christmas store displays. It’s [...]

Just as one shouldn’t judge a book by its cover, don’t judge a film on its premise. For those who are unfamiliar with Yasmina Reza’s Tony Award-winning play God of [...]

Arthur Christmas marks the fourth feature film from Aardman Animation, the British animation studio from Bristol, United Kingdom known for their stop-motion clay animation techniques. Aardman is probably best received [...]

Images of Marilyn Monroe bring to mind a voluptuous American icon with blond curls and a devilish smile.  Even though our generation has never seen her in action, her image [...]

A Dangerous Method marks the third collaboration between director David Cronenberg and Viggo Mortensen (the previous two being A History of Violence and the outstanding Eastern Promises). This is perhaps [...]

Flixster’s Movies* Flixster’s Movies app is essential for anyone who frequents movie theaters, since its primary function is for listing showtimes. Using the iPhone’s GPS system, the app picks up [...]

Thousands of years ago, Hippocrates said to “let food be thy medicine.” With the fast food revolution, rise in prescription medications and high circulation of nutritional myths, America has certainly lost [...]

With Occupy Wall Street fresh in our minds, Tower Heist couldn’t have opened at a better time. Set in the world of the elite 1%, the film centers around the [...]

A review of Gary Hustwit’s Urbanized, which was screened on November 4th at the MFA. It looks at the role urban design plays in shaping everyday life.