At its best, **“The Amazing Spider-Man 2”** is a deeply felt story of two young people who realize they are in a doomed relationship, but are too madly in love to stay apart. As Peter Parker and Gwen Stacy, **Andrew Garfield** and **Emma Stone** (who became a real-life couple during the ...
**"Under the Skin"** Filled with all kinds of opposing tendencies, “Under the Skin” is a movie that is by turns grimy and beautiful, confusing and enlightening, and vague yet specific. It’s been weeks since I’ve seen the film and I haven’t shaken it yet. “Under the Skin,” ...
Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons’ groundbreaking 1987 book “Watchmen” was the only graphic novel to appear on Time’s 2005 “All-Time Greatest Novels” list. It pushed the medium of visual storytelling in book format, and turned the superhero myth on its ear. Director Zack Snyder’s ...
Wichita-based filmmaker **Nicholas Barton** formed production company Prestigious Films in 2009, and has since worked on projects for high-profile clients like Walmart, Cargill, and Dell Computers. But he always had an itch to make a feature film. Being a big fan of the classic film noirs of ...
All the hallmarks of a Wes Anderson film are present in his latest comic concoction “The Grand Budapest Hotel,” opening today at Liberty Hall: Ornate production design, symmetrical framing, cheeky self-awareness, miniature models, obscure references, and at least 10 former cast members of ...
There is a moment in **David Ayers**’ moving police drama “End of Watch” when the two affable and dedicated LAPD officers played by Jake Gyllenhaal and Michael Peña discover a pile of dismembered bodies in a house. It is an uncharacteristically gruesome moment in a movie filled with rich ...