Titanic — History’s Biggest Metaphor in 3D
On April 15, 1912, The Titanic sunk to the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean. In those fateful hours, and amidst the fifteen-hundred casualties, the ship…
The Weekend Arena 4/20
If Titanic is re-released in 3D under the guise of marking its 100-year anniversary, why should movies like Refer Madness, Dazed and Confused, or Cheech and Chong be…
The Cabin in the Woods — A Horror Film Straight out of Genesis
The Cabin in the Woods opens in a sterile environment, white walls ascend to high ceilings, and two scientist-looking types discuss child-proofing homes as they…
The Adventures of Tintin — Echoing and the Perils of PG and 3D
Based on the series of comic albums by Belgian artist Georges Remi (Herge), the 2011 movie The Adventures of Tintin has clever moments and stunning…
The Weekend Arena: 4/13
Welcome to Friday the 13th, and if you’re not up for a marathon of slasher flicks, there’s a new horror film looking to parody its…
Drive — Shells and Fractured Identities
Despite its title and premise, Drive is not a film about speed and Bullit-like car chases. Rather, Nicolas Winding Refn’s film is about fragmented identity….
Melancholia — Malaise, Friction, and Proximity
Like his misogynist personality that overshadowed the critically ignored but socially relevant Antichrist, Lars von Trier – with the help of truncated sound bites taken…
The Weekend Arena: 4/6
Just in case you missed it in 1997, Titanic is being released, this time replete with 3D gimmickry. Now you can see Kate Winslet’s breast lunging…
Super — A Look at those “Thuds” and “Thwacks” Between the Panels
Rainn Wilson walks a well-tread path as Frank D’Arbo, a man so uncomfortable in his skin that he creates an alter ego, The Crimson Bolt,…
The Weekend Arena 3/30
It’s our first week at the pair of swashbuckling Snow Whites coming this year, which will raise the obvious question: who’s the better evil Queen,…