By Ashley Bergner Box Office Buzz It’s been more than a decade since CIA analyst Jack Ryan last appeared on the big screen. The character — created by military thriller author Tom Clancy — has been played, at times, by Alec Baldwin and Harrison Ford, and was last seen in
By Ashley Bergner Box Office Buzz The year 2015 is already getting a lot of buzz for a multitude of high-profile films — the next Avengers movie, Jurassic Park 4, Batman vs. Superman, the return of James Bond, and (finally!) a new Star Wars movie. However, there are a number
By Ashley Bergner Box Office Buzz In 2012, “The Avengers” was the king of the box office. It was that one movie everyone was talking about, the one everybody felt they had to see opening weekend, and it ended up near the top of the all-time highest grossing movies list.
By Ashley Bergner Box Office Buzz At the end of the first “Hobbit” movie, “An Unexpected Journey,” Bilbo Baggins remarks to Thorin and his band of dwarves that “I do believe the worst is behind us.” Although the travelers have already survived several Orc attacks and a foray into a
By Ashley Bergner Box Office Buzz “There are no winners, only survivors.” Those haunting words, spoken by a former “Hunger Games” victor, sum up the sobering truth about the games. In a post-apocalyptic North American society, teenagers — known as “tributes” — are forced to fight in a yearly televised
By Ashley Bergner Box Office Buzz With Marvel’s “The Avengers” currently ranking as the highest-grossing superhero movie of all time, it’s hard to believe that just five years ago, Iron Man, Thor, and Captain America were all considered B-list superheroes. Batman and Superman were arguably the most famous movie superheroes,
By Ashley Bergner Box Office Buzz Do the ends ever justify the means? Is it ever acceptable to do something wrong if it helps bring about a cause that is noble? Is it ethical to require a few to make painful sacrifices for the good of the majority? These are
By Ashley Bergner Box Office Buzz When I was a kid, my dream was to become an astronaut. I’m pretty sure I checked out just about every book on space my local library had to offer, and at night I would stare up at the sky and imagine what it
By Ashley Bergner Box Office Buzz When Gary King was a teenager, he was the king of “cool.” As a sort of James Dean “Rebel Without a Cause” figure, his friends idolized him and looked up to him as a leader. The only problem is, Gary is now well past
By Ashley Bergner Box Office Buzz Although the puzzling under-performance of several major blockbusters brought an unexpectedly quiet end to the summer movie season, Hollywood has saved several highly-anticipated tent-poles for its fall/winter line-up. From the “Hunger Games” sequel “Catching Fire” to the next chapter in Peter Jackson’s “Hobbit” trilogy,
By Ashley Bergner Box Office Buzz With the release of “Elysium” in theaters this past weekend, the summer movie season is drawing — for all intents and purposes — to a close. Though there are still a few major releases scattered throughout the remaining weeks of August, students will soon
What is the cost of immortality? At what point does it become a curse rather than a blessing, and when does living become more of a burden than dying? That’s a pretty heavy theme for a summer comic book superhero movie, but the newest X-Men movie “The Wolverine” (out July
