Dumbo is a classic Tim Burton outsider tale

Tim Burton has specialized in movies about social misfits like Pee-Wee Herman and outsiders like Edward Scissorhands and Ed Wood. Often those characters find family in a world of other misfits like they are. Dumbo was ripe for the Tim Burton treatment. Everyone remembers the original animated film about the flying element. That film also

How American Assassin convinced Michael Keaton it wasn’t propaganda

With 16 books and counting, American Assassin hopes to turn Mitch Rapp into a new Hollywood action hero. Dylan O’Brien plays the character created by author Vince Flynn. Rapp turns to Stan Hurley (Michael Keaton) for training after a terrorist attack claims the life of his fiance. Keaton gives an intense performance as Hurley, but

How American Assassin gave Dylan O’Brien his first ‘grown-up’ role

Dylan O’Brien was the first breakout star of MTV’s Teen Wolf. Movies have been equally lucrative for O’Brien, headlining The Maze Runner franchise. American Assassin could be another Dylan O’Brien movie franchise. Based on the book by Vince Flynn, the author wrote 12 more before his death, and Kyle Mills has continued with three more.

Winners of the 2013 – 2014 International Online Film Critics’ Poll Announced

Today the International Online Film Critics’ Poll announced its winners for the 4th biannual awards for excellence in film. Founded in 2007, the IOFCP is the only biannual poll of film critics from all around the world (over one hundred critics from USA, UK, Italy, Spain, Canada, France, Mexico, Australia, India, Turkey, Kyrgyzstan, South Africa,