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The Film: Writer Bryan Fuller has made quite an impressive career for himself working on such beloved & critically-acclaimed shows as "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine," "Star Trek: Voyager," Pushing Daisies," "Heroes," and "Hannibal," with some of these projects earning him prestigious nominations from the Television Academy & The Writers Guild of America. Now, after nearly 30 years of working in television, he has decided to make the leap to movies with "Dust Bunny," a film he no

The Film: Throughout his remarkable career, director Joe Dante has given us many films that have gone on to be considered classics, including "Gremlins," "Gremlins 2: The New Batch," "The Howling," and "The 'Burbs." However, another one of these classics that perhaps doesn't get mentioned as much as his other work is a little sci-fi adventure called "Innerspace," which has had a mixed reception from critics over the years, but which found great success with audiences when it

The Film: Last year, screenwriter Alex Garland and director Danny Boyle made a bold attempt to resurrect a long-dormant franchise, giving us the next logical entry with "28 Years Later," an attempt to expand the story of where humanity stands after the mass breakout of the "Rage" virus. Critics thought the film was decent, but audiences were not nearly as impressed, giving it rather mixed ratings and a somewhat disappointing box office return that had the film barely breaking

The Film: Director Gore Verbinski had quite the career going from the early 2000s to the early 2010s, giving us such hits as a remake of "The Ring," the first three "Pirates of the Caribbean" films, and "Rango," which earned him the Oscar for Best Animated Feature. However, his streak quickly came to an end when he directed two back-to-back critical & box office duds, "The Lone Ranger" and "The Cure for Wellness." It's taken nearly a decade for him to finally get back into th

The Film: In the early 2000s, Asian horror was seemingly dominated by Japan, who gave us such popular works as "Ju-On: The Grudge," "Pulse," "Dark Water," and more, but that hardly stopped others from getting in on the horror craze, including South Korea and Hong Kong. In fact, it's from the latter of these that we received an intriguing entry in the genre also considered by many to be a classic called "The Eye," written and directed by The Pang Brothers (Danny Pang Phat and

The Film: Over the decades, there have been numerous films that have focused on people having to defend themselves against animals gone wild. From dogs, birds, sharks, snakes, alligators, wolves, and more, it could easily be said that these films have become their own kind of sub-genre within the realm of horror. However, one that we don't seem to see all that often in the out-of-control animal category are monkeys. Sure, we've had "Monkey Shines," "Link," and, of course, mul

The Film: Academy Award-winning director Barry Levinson has given us a number of classics throughout his illustrious career, including "Rain Man" (winner of the Best Picture Oscar), "Good Morning Vietnam," "Diner," and "Bugsy," but one of his surprise hits that doesn't seem to get mentioned all that much from his impressive filmography is a little film called "Sleepers," which is celebrating its remarkable 30th anniversary this year. The film didn't have that much success wit

The Show: Back in 2014, a small, curious animated outing called "Over the Garden Wall" appeared on Cartoon Network from creator Patrick McHale ("Adventure Time") that utilized the rather simple premise of two young brothers trying to get home in order to take the viewer on quite a strange adventure. Told in ten episodes of about 11 minutes each, the miniseries was not only popular with audiences, but was a major critical success as well, a wave that it rode all the way to the

The Film: Making a film that takes place in real time is always a remarkably delicate tightrope walk. Not only does the continuity have to be strictly on point, but before you even get there, you have to make sure that the story itself is one that can withstand the pressure of being told in such a specific fashion. That is to ask, is it engaging & compelling enough to keep the audience's attention or will seeing every detail across every minute of its telling merely bore them

The Film: Just four years ago, director Oliver Hermanus did the near-impossible by delivering an astounding remake of the Akira Kurosawa masterpiece "Ikiru" entitled "Living," an incredible accomplishment that featured both an Oscar-nominated, career-best performance from the great Bill Nighy, and an Oscar-nominated screenplay from Kazuo Ishiguro. After taking a small break to direct a few episodes of the miniseries "Mary & George," he made his return to the big screen last y