The Goddess (1934)- A Look at Ruan Ling-Yu’s Personal Life and the Political Landscape in China

10 Ways Cineplex Can Improve the Customer Experience

1. Popcorn bags to go. Customers LOVE movie theatre popcorn, yet if you want to stop by a theatre to buy a bag to take home, there are no options for making that bag portable. Why not have a second set of bags with a simple fold-over flap…

That Box Office hit didn’t make any money, and why it’s not getting better.

So your $1 million dollar movie made $2 million at the box office, and no one is writing you any checks yet. This is the quick and dirty story about the complicated world of hollywood book keeping…

Laborer’s Love (1922)- Predicting the Transformation in Chinese Silent Films

By RITWIK TRIPATHY

Top Ten Films of 2016

Note: This list does not include Rogue One. I’ve decided to exclude Star Wars movies in my top ten from here on out…

Imperial Military Tactics in Rogue One

So far I have seen quite a bit of talk about how Rogue One shows the military tactics (or lack thereof) utilized by the Rebel Alliance. One piece that I think it is interesting that hasn’t been touched upon at all is Imperial military tactics in Rogue One.

My Top 10 Stand Alone Movies

We talk a lot about movies at work and during the past 5 years or so, I’ve been pretty much settling in to being a cranky old man full time. Especially when it comes to new movies. New movies mostly suck. I’m sorry but they just do. There’s a few good one’s every now and then…

Why I Write Screenplays

#NationalScreenwritersDay

Scratch that. As any screenwriter will tell you, there’s two internal voices, and one of them, (let’s call it the negative one) just told me not to write about why I write screenplays, but rather, I should write about why I shouldn’t…

A review of Chazelle’s “La La Land:” A dualistic view at his “inner self”