Duncan Jones
Movie Review: Warcraft
First, it was a bestselling series of real-time strategy games. Then, it became one of the hottest online role-playing games in history. It was further immortalized in an episode of South Park. Now, the story of Warcraft hits the big screen, in a CG-fueled extravaganza of hammer-smashing, sword-swinging, and magic a-blazing. And how does it fare? Well, as someone who (shockingly, I’ll admit)...[Read More]
The Preview Reel: Spooks, Magicians, and Orcs
Welcome to a new installment of “The Preview Reel” where we look at the week’s upcoming wide release movies. This summer has seen its fair share of sequels, and while there are plenty more on the way, this weekend features two from a couple of 2013’s surprise hits. The Conjuring 2 brings back stars Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga, along with director James Wan, for another spooky adventure from th...[Read More]
Movie Review: Source Code
Playing like the most tragic episode of Quantum Leap ever made, the second film by newcomer Duncan Jones (his first was 2009’s incredible Moon) is an intriguing bit of old-school sci-fi with the considerably raised stakes of our post-9/11 terrorscape. It’s up to Jake Gyllenhaal to save a U.S. city from certain doom, but he’s doing it with some mammoth handicaps as a top-secret government soldier w...[Read More]