Sometimes an early performance can define a career. If you’re lucky its Eddie Murphy in 48 Hrs., Bruce Willis in Die Hard, or Sandra Bullock in Speed. If you’re not so lucky, you’re Sofia Coppola in The Godfather Part III or Hayden Christensen in Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones. Thankfully, Ms. Coppola has found her niche as a writer-director will acclaimed titles like The Virgin Suicides, Lost in Translation, and Marie Antoinette. As for Mr. Christensen, his caree

SPLASH PAGE (noun) - Often the first page of a comic, it is generally a full page image designed to introduce the story and draw readers in. SDCC 2018 COMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS! As a poor, Midwestern grad student, popping into the San Diego Comic-Con wasn't really an option this year. In lieu of first-hand reporting, I did want to point readers in the direction of some of the bigger comic book news to come out of the event (and just prior). DC Comics Grant Morrison and Liam Sharpe

Welcome to Sci-Fi Saturday, a new column that is devoted to all things science fiction: film, television, comics, novels, video games, and local Metro Detroit events. If there is a topic you'd like to see covered in an upcoming column, email us at kinoclub313wsu@gmail.com! I'm taking a brief hiatus from Star Trek this week while I get caught up with a million other things. Instead I'll be sharing my thoughts on Sorry to Bother You, a dystopia/satire/comedy/science fiction fil

Check out the week's newest film releases and find out what our staff can't wait to see (or, in some cases, would choose to see if we absolutely had to). Click the posters for more info about each film. Matt and Ian pick... "My pick this week is Mission Impossible: Fallout. I couldn't tell you a single plot detail of MI: III, Ghost Protocol, or Rogue Nation, but I still remember having a blast at all of them. The trailer for Fallout is more exciting than 80% of the movies (ev

Title: Cabaret (1972) Genre: Musical Director: Bob Fosse Stars: Liza Minelli, Joel Grey, Michael York, Marisa Berenson Initial Thoughts: Before Liza Minelli became more of a punchline, she offered up some of the most heart-shattering pathos one could find from a respectable character actress in Bob Fosse’s Cabaret. A renowned classic, and one of Minelli’s only critically acclaimed movies, Cabaret 100% holds up in a 2018 context. In fact, it’s never been more relevant. In a Nu

We all have that one film that shaped our childhood. It’s a film that spoke to us in such a way that we knew our lives would never be same. The kind of film that we knew would be a part of our lives forever, like meeting a lifelong friend or discovery a cherished relative. For me, that film was Die Hard. It may be hard to believe but it has been thirty years since John McTiernan’s action masterpiece debuted in movie theaters. It’s also hard to imagine the world of film withou

SPLASH PAGE (noun) - Often the first page of a comic, it is generally a full page image designed to introduce the story and draw readers in. Welcome back! SDCC and the 2018 Eisner Award Winners This weekend the San Diego Comic-Con (SDCC) - the industry's largest convention, albeit one with an increasingly heavy focus on nerd-related media as a whole, rather than just comics - was held. Along with the trailer premieres, which included first looks at 2018's Aquaman and 2019's S

Welcome to Sci-Fi Saturday, a new column that is devoted to all things science fiction: film, television, comics, novels, video games, and local Metro Detroit events. If there is a topic you'd like to see covered in an upcoming column, email us at kinoclub313wsu@gmail.com! This week I watched episodes 9 and 10 of Star Trek: The Original Series season 1, "Dagger of the Mind" and "The Corbomite Maneuver." In "Dagger of the Mind," the Enterprise is infiltrated by an escapee from

Check out the week's newest film releases and find out what our staff can't wait to see (or, in some cases, would choose to see if we absolutely had to). Click the posters for more info about each film. Matt and Shelby both recommend... Matt: My pick for the week is Blindspotting. I caught the trailer a few weeks ago and was immediately intrigued by the tonal shifts from broad stoner comedy to tense socially-conscious drama. Plus, like Sorry to Bother You, this looks like it

Title: Manhunt (2017) Genre: Action, Thriller Director: John Woo Stars: Masaharu Fukuyama and Zhang Hanyu Grade: C- In a Nutshell: Du Qiu (Zhang Hanyu) is a brilliant Chinese lawyer who works for the Japanese company Tenjin Pharmaceuticals . After attending a party thrown by his employers in Osaka, Du Qiu wakes up the next morning with a dead woman in his hotel room. Baffled, Du Qiu calls the police for help, but they doubt his innocence and arrest him. While being led away o