Caleb Masters

Total Recall Review

“You don’t have the most reliable of memories do you?” -Chancellor Vilos Cohaagen We live in an era where Hollywood is striving to find almost any brand it can find in young adult novels, toys, more recently board games, and old movies to ensure a built in audience. Total Recall is a remake of Arnold Schwarzenegger‘s…

The Dark Knight Rises Review

“If you make yourself more than just a man, if you devote yourself to an ideal… you become something else entirely. A legend, Mr. Wayne, a legend” -Ra’s al Ghul The Dark Knight Rises is the end of director Christopher Nolan‘s grand trilogy that began with Bruce Wayne’s journey into darkness as he learned the difference…

Mission Impossible: Ranking Christopher Nolan’s Films

The Dark Knight Rises is upon us with only hours left until the movie makes its grand premiere. It is easily the most anticipated movie of the summer, and has an incredible amount of hype to live up to. While I am certainly a huge Batman fan, I am finding that the biggest reason I…

The Amazing Spiderman Review

In 2002 Sam Raimi launched the first Spiderman movie which along with 2000’s X-men pioneered the modern superhero genre. It has been 10 years since then and 5 years since the mostly disappointing Spiderman 3 hit theaters in 2007. In the years since 2007 The Dark Knight was released and Marvel launched a fleshed out…

Moonrise Kingdom Review

“Jiminey Cricket, he flew the coop!” -Scout Master Ward Over the course of the last decade writer/director/producer Wes Anderson has successfully carved out a very successful little niche for himself in the fused genre of dramedy. Anderson has a very distinct style with his dry(but not British dry) humor, quirky characters, and very stylized settings. Moonrise Kingdom is his…

Brave Review

“Are you willing to pay the price your freedom will cost? “ -Queen Elinor Last year Pixar proved that it was not invincible with the release of Cars 2. This year Pixar is making another less risky film that delves into the world of fairy tales that they have generally stayed away from. The movie…

4 Movies That Changed My Life

Note: This was supposed to be 5 movies, but it just hit 3am so I’m going to shorten it 1 film. Thus explaining the gap between my childhood years and teen years. Sometime in the next couple of weeks I am going to begin putting a new blog series about films I see as essential…

Prometheus Review

“A king has his reign, and then he dies. It’s inevitable. “ -Meredith Vickers Prometheus is Ridley Scott‘s return to science fiction over thirty years after he created the two very influential classics Alien and Blade Runner. Prometheus is the quasi-non-sequel/prequel/reboot(?) of the Alien Franchise that actually ties very loosely to the actual classic. The film has been…

Men in Black 3 Review

“Don’t ask questions you don’t want to know the answer to.” -Agent K What would a sequel to Men in Black look like? This is certainly a question we wish we wouldn’t have asked when the 2002 sequel was released with a flat story, an unnecessary revisit to characters whose story arcs were wrapped up, and an…

Five of the Best Movies Summer 2012 Has to Offer

I am glad to say that I am back to writing reviews now that my hectic spring semester has finally ended. This also means that summer has begun! As all of you are probably aware, The Avengers launched this summer with some truly massive fanfare as the film raked in 207.4 million in its first…