Matt Damon

Movies 3 years ago

Why Casino Scenes are so Popular in Movies

Movies open the viewers up to worlds that they never knew existed. They provide drama, laughs, edge-of-the-seat entertainment and more. So it is little surprise that the popularity and thrill of casinos have been captured on the big…

Movies 3 years ago

Air: A Missed Dunk in Balancing Comedy and Drama

The stark white Nike logo on a black background opens “Air” (2023), Ben Affleck‘s biographical sports comedy-drama about…

Movies 4 years ago

‘The Whale’ (2022) Movie Review: The Excellent Movie That For Sure You Will Not Feel Like Watching At All

The Whale is a movie directed by Darren Aronofsky starring Brendan Fraser whom we guess will win the…

Theater 4 years ago

Adjoa Andoh directs and stars in ‘Richard III’

Rose Theatre and Liverpool Everyman & Playhouse Theatres today announce a new production of William Shakespeare’s Richard III. Following her critically acclaimed production…

Movies 4 years ago

Inside Job: A Brutal Dissection of Financial Corruption

The opening shots of Charles Ferguson’s Inside Job (2010) are a stark contrast to what follows: serene landscapes…

Movies 5 years ago

The Talented Mr. Ripley, the thriller that made Highsmith’s con man lonely

Anthony Minghella kept Patricia Highsmith’s plot and changed its price: his Tom Ripley still gets away with murder,…

Actors 5 years ago

Matt Damon, the screenwriter the studios kept casting as their most bankable star

The Good Will Hunting screenplay won him an Oscar at 27 and proved he could write a character…

Actors 5 years ago

Ben Affleck, the filmmaker Hollywood kept writing off as a movie star

From Cambridge to the Oscars to the tabloids to the Oscars again, Ben Affleck has spent thirty years…

Movies 5 years ago

The Last Duel: A Brutal Tale of Honor and Misogyny

Ridley Scott’s The Last Duel opens with a brutal, sun-drenched clash of armor and steel—a duel so visceral…