Movie Diary: Highlights of 2016 Through Movies By Bennett Duckworth | January 4th, 2017 This is usually when I reflect on the previous year and wonder what’s ahead. I am so lost right now.
Star Wars Expands Its Universe By Bennett Duckworth | December 22nd, 2016 “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” is a new type of motion picture for the nearly 40-year-old franchise, and it is appropriately...
The Brilliance of Understatement By Bennett Duckworth | December 15th, 2016 Kenneth Lonergan’s “Manchester by the Sea” is a great accomplishment, but it’s not the kind of film most people seek out.
Marvelous ‘Moana’ By Bennett Duckworth | December 8th, 2016 Inspired by Polynesian folklore, the story is a fantasy about an isolated island whose people live a happy existence that is supposedly...
‘Allied’ Falls Flat, ‘Moonlight’ Shines By Bennett Duckworth | November 30th, 2016 There are a strange amount of strengths and weaknesses to “Allied,” a spy/romance thriller set during World War II.
Mildly Fantastic Beasts By Bennett Duckworth | November 27th, 2016 At the risk of offending Harry Potter fans, my interest in author J.K. Rowling’s world is limited.
‘Arrival’ Delivers By Bennett Duckworth | November 17th, 2016 In a long history of films dealing with aliens appearing to the people of Earth, something rather unique happens during the beginning...
‘Doctor Strange’ Strangely Satisfying By Bennett Duckworth | November 10th, 2016 Producer Kevin Feige and Disney continue to run Marvel with the confidence and showmanship of a modern circus.
An Idle ‘Inferno’ By Bennett Duckworth | November 3rd, 2016 I didn’t feel like my time was terribly wasted.
Anticipating the Closing of 2016 By Bennett Duckworth | October 13th, 2016 At the end of the year, studios release what they believe to be their most valuable properties, ranging from true works of...
A ‘Peculiar’ and Passé Tale By Bennett Duckworth | October 6th, 2016 I’m running out of patience for young adult fiction series being put on the big screen as tentative franchise-launchers, especially when their...
A Banal ‘Blair Witch’ By Bennett Duckworth | September 22nd, 2016 In 1999 “The Blair Witch Project” popularized the “found footage” horror film.
