Halfway through Stranger Things Season Three, I was afraid it was going to be my least favorite season so far. There was a lot of slime, and a few times, I thought to myself “eewww.” However, by the time I was finished with it, I realized it was my favorite season so far. I hope the Game of Thrones writers were watching because this was a bittersweet ending that worked. As a Xennial born in the early 1980s, some of the pop culture references of Stranger Things are probably lo

The career of Richard Gere has seen him blossom from mega hunk in films like Looking for Mr. Goodbar and American Gigolo to serious actor in the iconic An Officer and a Gentleman to bankable box office romantic lead in Pretty Woman to bonafide triple threat in his Golden Globe winning performance as Billy Flynn in 2002’s Chicago. His good looks may have earned him his initial attention and early success but his undeniable acting talent and ability to emotionally transform him

Title: Under the Silver Lake Genre: Mystery/Noir/Comedy Stars: Andrew Garfield, Riley Keough, Topher Grace, Riki Lindhome, Grace Van Patten, Callie Hernandez, and Jimmi Simpson Director: David Robert Mitchell Bias: I tend to have more patience for inscrutable films than some. Grade: C+ In a Nutshell: Sam (Garfield) is a young man who's a bit adrift in life. No discernable job, months behind on his rent, a seemingly semi-regular hook-up relationship with an actress (Lindhome),

Hard to believe but Laurence Fishburne got his start as a 12-year-old on the soap opera One Life to Live. That role caught the eye of director Francis Ford Coppola who cast the then 14-year-old in Apocalypse Now. Fishburne spent two years on that troubled production and the result was a significant contribution to American Cinema. In a film full of iconic moments, Fishburne garnered worldwide attention dancing to The Rolling Stones “I Can’t Get No Satisfaction” on a riverboat

With every passing year, I decry the current state of cinema – hence a weekly blog about what you may have missed from the past. And yet, I still have enough hope to head to the movies whenever I can, and that hope is often rewarded. Here is the best of what I seen so far in 2019: 1. Booksmart Think Superbad, but with female leads... and LBGTQ friendly... and people of color... and more poignant... and funnier... on second thought... Olivia Wilde’s directorial debut is an abs

As a lifelong aficionado of action films, I always get excited when something new and daring comes along. In the 80’s it was the birth of the Lethal Weapon and Die Hard series, films that became progressively cartoonish but still brought much needed energy and humor to a stale genre. In the 90’s it was the discovery of the breathtakingly beautiful work of director John Woo, who turned gun fights into an artistic landscape with plenty of two-gun wielding heroes and slow-motion

Welcome to Sci-Fi Saturday, a 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've returned from my long, unplanned hiatus and ready to jump back into my trek through the stars. I've been watching ahead a bit, but this week I'm just going to focus on the tail end of season 1 and first fi

[THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS FOR AVENGERS: ENDGAME AND SPIDER-MAN: FAR FROM HOME] Title: Spider-Man: Far From Home Genre: Superhero/Action/Teen Comedy Stars: Tom Holland, Zendaya, Jake Gyllenhall, Jacob Batalon, Jon Favreau, Samuel L. Jackson, and Cobie Smulders Director: Jon Watts Bias: I generally find the MCU movies to have a consistently high quality, and I've grown up reading Marvel comics Grade: B+ In a Nutshell: In the aftermath of Avengers: Endgame, Peter Parker jus

I greatly looked forward to Season 2 of The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina. I watched a couple of episodes of the original Sabrina that was popular when I was a teenager, but they were too light for my taste. As a fan of the Riverdale series and universe, I was excited to see that this storyline took place in the neighboring town of Greendale. I also appreciate the same edginess that Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa and his creative team bring to the Riverdale series, a modern-day rete

I grew up at McDonald’s. What red-blooded American child from suburbia didn’t? Every trip was a treat or a gift be it celebrating a special occasion or just giving my hard-working mother a night off from having to cook. The food was delicious, reasonably priced and incredibly unhealthy. I wouldn’t learn of the true evils of McDonald’s until Morgan Spurlock’s eye-opening documentary Super Size Me. But regardless, McDonald’s is an institution and it’s hard to imagine growing up