Christopher Robin

FAMILY NIGHT AT THE MOVIE | By Christopher Hill – Nostalgia can be a dangerous thing. It can cloud our thoughts and cause us to make poor decisions as we glorify things in our past, not seeing them for what they really were. Emotions can be powerful. Hollywood has often used nostalgia to sway wallets....

Incredibles 2

FAMILY NIGHT AT THE MOVIE | By Christopher Hill – The year 2004 was a fascinating year. Other than it being notable for the birth of my son, Thefacebook – yes, that was the original name –  also launched. The TV show Friends ended its run, the Mars Spirit Rover was hustling around the fourth planet...

Solo: A Star Wars Story

By Christopher Hill – When Disney purchased Lucasfilm from George Lucas, there was immediate excitement about new, capable hands crafting more Star Wars movies. When it was announced that Disney would work off of two separate tracks, the traditional “current” narrative, as well as “historic”...

Spiderman – Homecoming

FAMILY NIGHT AT THE MOVIE | By Christopher Hill – Spider-Man, Spider-Man, Another reboot is in the can. They spun a yarn, Marvel-wise, It’ll catch fanboys just like flies. At long last! Here comes the Spider-Man. In 2015, Marvel Studios and Sony reached an agreement whereby the character...

Wonder Woman

FAMILY NIGHT AT THE MOVIE | By Christopher Hill – Rarely has there been a film with the pressure of so many expectations behind it. Female-led comedies and dramas are not uncommon. Female-led superhero movies are a rare breed, with no successful progeny. Supergirl, released in 1984, 2005s Elektr, and...

Song to Song

FAMILY NIGHT AT THE MOVIE | New DVD Release | By Peter Vonder Haar – Release Date: July 4th Director Terence Malick is about as polarizing a figure as there is in American cinema. And while critical reaction to his latest movie runs the spectrum from “visionary” to “incoherent,” Song to Song...

SMURFS

FAMILY NIGHT AT THE MOVIE | By Christopher Hill – La La La La La La The Smurfs are back again. La La La La La La But will kids tell their friends? The Smurfs have been around since 1958 when a Belgian artist, Peyo, created a series called Les Schtroumphs, which introduced tiny blue characters whose names...

Loving

DINE-IN at the MOVE | By Peter Vonder Haar – It’s both shocking and also not that hard to believe it’s only been 50 years since it became legal in this country for mixed race couples to marry. Less about the Civil Rights movement itself or the Supreme Court case that gives the film its name,...

The Edge of Seventeen

DINE-IN at the MOVIES – New DVD Releases | By Peter Vonder Haar – As long as we have teenagers, we’ll have coming of age stories. And as long as they’re as genuine and earnest as in Kelly Fremon Craig’s Edge of Seventeen, we’ll happily keep watching. The movie chronicles an especially...

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice

Family Night at the Movies | By Christopher Hill – The summer movie season arrived a bit early this year with Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. This film is a continuation of the 2013 film Man of Steel. During that movie, we discovered Superman, and in its final act, we saw the destruction that a...