Citizen Kane, Pulp Fiction, and Hundreds of Beavers are genuine masterpieces that work perfectly from their opening scenes.

It’s a strange fact that in the world of cinema even bad movies can sometimes end up having an opening sequence that is quite ...

A New York native, Joe graduated from an avant-garde theater school upstate, where he was obsessed with sketch comedy. There, he and his lunatic friends founded The Sketchies — which still lives on at ...

Unfortunately, that early promise sometimes ends up being nothing more than a frustrating bait-and-switch. There are few cinematic experiences quite as irritating as watching a movie that peaks purely ...

Outside the irritating over-bright light filter, Scream 4 is a winner. It looks even better now than it did in 2011 (not visually, but as a film). It’s funny, it’s scary, and the pair of Ghostface ...