Summer at the box office is the season of promise, a time when loud trailers proudly herald the latest special effects bonanza. This year is no different than the others: the Enterprise will fly again, Brad Pitt will fight zombies, the Wolfpack is back and that’s not even mentioning the slew of superhero movies the studios are asking us to …

In this feature our writers defend films they feel have not received their due. When an artist passes away, it’s tempting for critics and audiences to delve back into their body of work and begin revaluating, as if their passing may reveal something meaningful, or that the work is now a more relevant cultural artifact. It’s a slippery slope between …

Remakes have been around nearly as long as Hollywood itself, and not always for the reasons or with the results you’d think. Spectrum Culture’s new feature Re-Make/Re-Model will examine the long history of cinematic remakes, the good movies turned great, the bad ideas turned worse and the weird ones turned boring. Made during the two lowest points of American faith …

The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 Dir: Tony Scott Rating: 2.5 Columbia Pictures 106 Minutes The best and worst compliment you can pay Tony Scott is that his films have a style. The visual he pioneered with films such as Domino and Man on Fire, the “temperature-cam” has become a staple of all of Scott’s later day films, sometimes …