It seems a bit futile to discuss a Martin Lawrence film in the Gladiators forum because logically, it will just be relegated to a worm working its way from a feline bowel to a desert of clumping crystals, but there’s something to be said for the third incarnation of a character who was hardly funny the first […]
Last night, Watson completed his route of Jeopardy competitors Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter, ushering in our new “computer overlords.” 1 Appropriately enough, this comes roughly a week after a Massachusetts man tweeted a message to Detroit Mayor David Bing: “Philadelphia has a statue of Rocky & Robocop would kick Rocky’s butt. He’s a GREAT ambassador for […]
A writer for a movie site should probably relish watching the Academy Award nominations and prepare for the witty banter that comes from surprise winners and lovable losers who just can’t seem to take the ten-pound, gilded man home; however, for the last few years, disillusion has outweighed the entertainment value of the awards, and awards seem […]
While my first instinct is to avoid analyzing a trailer to uncover the potential validity of the new Amanda Seyfried reincarnation of Red Riding Hood, something holds me back from my charge toward complete obloquy, though it’s tricky given that the film is being marketed to audiences by noting it is “From the director of Twilight,” and […]
Amy Chua, Yale law professor and author of the derided yet oft-purchased best-seller Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother in which she criticizes the Western style of parenting, writes in an excerpt of her novel for The Wall Street Journal, “I’ve noticed that Western parents are extremely anxious about their children’s self-esteem. They worry about how their […]
I am less boggled by whether or not the Raelean’s have figured out the true origins of life on Earth as I am by the enigma that is Adam Sandler, a comic who had moments of cult-comedy brilliance in Billy Madison and Happy Gilmore and the occasional holiday-song parody that sympathetically tugs at our turkey-loving heartstrings or […]
What begins as the exploration of an urban legend evolves into a glimpse at how society needs to manufacture visible boogey men to alleviate internal guilt and disassociate from that which is labeled “evil,” despite our tendencies to walk a thin line between what makes us comfortable and what makes us squirm. Cropsey, the impetus of the […]
Here at Gladiators, we rarely try to sway public opinion; instead, we spout opinions in the hopes that discussions are fostered, movies are watched or burned, Crash is ultimately washed away from all rental queues and, at times, minor physical altercations are incited, as long as there is movie-impelled passion behind them. Fighting over anything else is […]
“We’re not ready for this … This is the middle of nowhere … This is a shithole … I felt like we were fish in a barrel … What are we doing?” is the chorus that introduces us to the Korengal Valley, the deadliest area in Afghanistan in 2007 and also noted as the most violent place […]
In what might be the most beautifully shot Best Picture nominee of 2010, 127 Hours establishes Danny Boyle as a king of symbology from the opening triptych sequence that gives offers examples of technology, religion, neon-laden businesses, devices of our consumption and a lone Aron Ralston (James Franco) driving a car. Solidly edited, the images pit Ralston’s sole […]