As franchises go, Ghostbusters has been through quite a fascinating trajectory. With two successful mainline films in the ’80s, a 7 season television cartoon run in the ’90s, and a controversial 2016 reboot starring a female cast of comedians donning the jumpsuits, it was safe to assume that no matter what, the
What a year! In movie land, this year has been nothing short of memorable from Marvel’s tragic decline to the rise of Barbenheimer, movie watchers everywhere are finishing this year like champions. However, among all the high expectations for movies like Across the Spider-Verse and Killers of the Flower Moon, others
In ringing in the new year, the time has once again come for MXDWN to assemble its own list of favorite films for the past year. Many of our writers have participated and given their insightful thoughts as to why these films were worthy enough to be acknowledged and celebrated. 10. Elemental Pixar's latest
Since breaking through into the mainstream with 2014’s Selma, Ava DuVernay has found most of her success through projects that portray or enlighten audiences about racial injustice in the United States. Her documentary 13th is an eye-opening look into how connected slavery and the prison industrial complex are in the
Audiences aren’t scared of Godzilla anymore. Why would they be? The previous Toho Studios produced film in the series, Shin Godzilla, is an extremely winning satire on bureaucracy with the focus on the monster’s destruction being something politicians watch on screens. A great film, but it mostly takes place in