After learning that Mad Max is heading back to the big screen after a 25-year absence in “Mad Max: Fury Road,” my first thought was, naturally, “who was going to play the post-apocalyptic Aussie?” (Tom Hardy, a brilliant British actor.) My second thought? “I wonder if they are going to give him another canine sidekick?” [...]

Even before her nonprofit cinema ever opened its doors, Rachel Jacobson always knew that a LGBT film series would happen there. “It was something I always wanted to do,” said the founder/director of Film Streams. The challenge, though, was to find significant and groundbreaking films that explored the diversity of the LGBT experience that also [...]

Stop anyone on the street and ask them about Robin Hood, and they will probably tell you that he was a Sherwood Forest-dwelling outlaw who, with his band of merry men, stole from the rich to give to the poor. Even if you went back in time, you might get the same response. After all, [...]

Upcoming Films – Dates are Subject to Change
Feb. 12
The Wolfman –Hugo Weaving and Sir Anthony Hopkins costar in this film about Lawrence Talbot (Benicio Del Toro), a nobleman who returns to his ancestral home after his brother goes missing. What could be behind the disappearance and the attacks on the town’s villagers? Why only a [...]

Last year was not exactly a stellar year for film; therefore, I had a difficult time putting together this list. And because I live in Omaha, I don’t get to see a lot of the smaller films or even the foreign gems until they come out on DVD. This means that I usually end up [...]

1.    Trinity (Carrie-Anne Moss) in “The Matrix” trilogy (1999, 2003) – You might think that Neo is the savior figure in “The Matrix” films when in fact it’s Trinity who gets him out of every sticky situation. This is one bad ass, black vinyl wearing, gun toting, hi-yah smashing chick.
2.    Diana Skouris (Jacqueline McKenzie) in [...]

1.    Neo (Keanu Reeves) in “The Matrix” (1999, 2003) – His leather trench coat, cool shades, kung fu moves, and his use of “guns, lots of guns” all render this character one of the savviest savior figures ever committed to celluloid. Cyberpunk-licious.
2.    Agent Smith (Hugo Weaving) in “The Matrix” (1999, 2003) – A worthy and [...]

(Through Season Five)
1.    Watership Down by Richard Adams
This book appears two different times both of these it is in Sawyer’s possession. Boone claims that it was in his luggage. A reviewer on Amazon.com summarizes the story: “Living in the Sandleford Warren with its Chief Rabbit and Owsla maintaining a comfortable social order, Hazel and his [...]

Impressed by “Pandorum,” I decided to check out German director Christian Alvart’s 2005 film “Antibodies.” Although from the title and the DVD box cover, it looks like a medical horror film – like perhaps “Anatomy” – it’s nothing of the sort. Instead, it’s a dark, psychological exploration of the nature of evil; a 21st century [...]

April means just one thing to film fanatics: It’s time to stop catching up on LAST year’s films and watch something new. Which movies look good enough to put down on the calendar? Here’s my will-see list for the next four months:
May
“X-Men Origins: Wolverine” (May 1) – The “X-Men” franchise continues with this exploration into [...]