Tessa Thompson

The science-fiction genre has always held a special place in the hearts of cinephiles over the decades. Classics like Blade Runner (1982), 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), and Alien (1979) appealed to audiences’ imaginations like no other films before them, arguably, they still do today. The genre is arguably one of the riskier for filmmakers to tackle because the film must not only make the audience...[Read More]

One of the great strengths of the Rocky franchise is its sense of a true continuing narrative, rather than a momentum-devoid series of rehashes orchestrated purely for financial gain. From the original Rocky through Rocky III, and again with 2006’s Rocky Balboa, the series’ characters actually change in interesting, logical, and significant ways from film to film. We’ll neglect the more perfunctor...[Read More]