By JASON GUYER Streaming content and binge watching has become extremely popular among all demographics. There is a part of me that longs for the return of “appointment television, when we would schedule a block of time to watch a specific show. There was a community aspect to watching television[Read More…]

By JASON GUYER Do you know what a harlequin is? Well, in the new “Birds of Prey: And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn,” Harley Quinn asks this very question. A harlequin is characterized by one’s chequered costume. Their role is that of a light-hearted, nimble and astute servant,[Read More…]

By JASON GUYER Is there such a thing as the modern fairy tale? I would say both yes and no. This is because the modern fairy tale is not nearly what fairy tales used to be. Although, the new film “Gretel & Hansel” showcases what true fairy tales used to[Read More…]

By Jason Guyer “Bad boys bad boys / Whatcha gonna do / Whatcha gonna do when they come for you?” The above lyrics are synonymous with two things from the 1990s: the television show “Cops” and the Jerry Bruckheimer produced and Michael Bay directed film “Bad Boys.” As a teenager[Read More…]

By JASON GUYER One of the negative aspects of films is that they can start to feel similar. This unfortunate reality happens more often in a couple types of films such as comedies and horrors. There are so many that one slapstick comedy can feel the same as all the[Read More…]

By JASON GUYER Now that we are comfortably on the other side of the New Year, you will probably have noticed that there have been a multitude of lists to hit newspaper and the internet. Personally, I wanted to wait until 2019 had ended in full, as there were many[Read More…]

By JASON GUYER The following sentiment is straight from Louisa May Alcott’s “Little Women” and one I often prefer to use in life but even more so in films: “She preferred imaginary heroes to real ones.” Now, there is nothing wrong true stories. Personally, I favor well-crafted characters over often-flawed[Read More…]

By JASON GUYER The musical experience is a unique one in cinema and nothing like the Broadway experience. With that said, Broadway success does not often translate to cinema success. “Cats,” the long running Broadway show, is no exception. The show, composed by Andrew Lloyd Weber, is the fourth longest[Read More…]

By JASON GUYER In the history of cinema, there has been nothing quite like Star Wars. The film series that began in 1977 with “Star Wars: A New Hope” has now spanned a total of 43 years. To put it into perspective, the franchise has spanned entire lives and generations.[Read More…]

By JASON GUYER What makes a film a masterpiece? Questions like this deserve to be asked, especially when a film is preordained to be a masterpiece. Martin Scorsese’s “The Irishman” is this type of film. “The Irishman” has been hailed as another masterpiece from Scorsese by many even before it[Read More…]