Courtesy Photo Bill Hart Connector Contributor Gary Newman plays struggling player-coach, Reggie Dunlop, in the 1977 cult classic, “Slap Shot.” The film follows the Charlestown Chiefs, a low-level minor league hockey franchise from an imaginary city in the rust belt. When it is announced that the mill that employs 10,000 people in the city is…
Horror flick ‘It Follows’ graces theater screens
Zachary Zuber Connector Contributor If there is one film fans of the horror genre or movies in general should see this year, it is “It Follows,” directed by up-and-comer David Robert Mitchell. A critical darling with a 95 percent rating on Rotten Tomatoes, the film debuted last year at the Cannes Film Festival and was…
‘The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo’ Swedish, American movie comparison
Melanie Case Connector Contributor Hollywood has been remaking films for years, rehashing franchises repeatedly. From the innumerable Dracula films to the repeated revival of classic comic books: Batman, Superman, Star Trek and the like. This extends from major motion films to television shows. Another common hobby of Hollywood is to rewrite foreign films, many being…
‘If it’s in a word, or it’s in a look, you can’t get rid of the Babadook…’
Amaris Torres Connector Staff In 2014, screens across the world were graced with a phenomenal horror film titled “The Babadook.” Produced and filmed in Australia and shown at the Sundance Film Festival, this film has received critical acclaim and has been nominated for a number of awards since its release. It has received an outstanding…
‘Gotham’: Not just another Batman story
Matthew Chase Connector Contributor The problem with superhero stories in today’s world is that they are confined to two hours. Being complex characters, it is hard to develop them within that timeframe without multiple disappointing sequels or a lack of action (then again, Michael Bay explosions don’t tell a story either). “Gotham,” the newest television…
A brutal glimpse into war with new movie, ‘Fury’
Robert Shaffer Connector Contributor As I watched “Fury” in the theater, it did not take me long to realize something: I was watching a WWII movie made for the year 2014. There are no flag-waving, patriotic, idealistic scenes in “Fury” and there are no assurances that there are brighter days to come. The American soldiers…
House of Stark serves up Rave of Thrones
Nick Crowley Connector Contributor As Kristian Nairn walks out on stage, “Hodor” chants fill both main floors of Prime Nightclub. The audience, dressed in their favorite “Game of Thrones” attire, cheer when he opens his DJ set with the show’s theme. The “Game of Thrones” star recently started the American portion of his Rave of…
What ‘The Judge’ is really guilty of
David Rudderham Connector Editor “The Judge,” a film directed by David Dobkin and starring Robert Downey, Jr. and Robert Duvall, gets the courtroom drama genre right, but that is about it. The story involves high-powered and cynical Chicago attorney Hank Palmer who is being forced to go back to his hometown to defend his father,…
