Caleb Masters

The Avengers Review

”If we can’t protect the Earth, you can be damn sure we’ll avenge it!” -Tony Stark to Loki This is is it. This is the movie fanboys have been hyping ever since we got a glimpse at Nick Fury at the end of Iron Man. The Avenger’s is Marvel’s very ambitious attempt to bring their…

Ethan Frome: Man of Darkness

Ethan Frome is a film that looks at the sadness, oppression, and hopelessness that can fill a man’s heart when he realizes that his life is not where he wants it to be. The film is a very dark and moody film that has very little happiness or hope to show to audiences, but still…

Tall Tales of Big Fish: The Legacy of Storytelling

Big Fish is a film that captures the excitement, magic, love, pain, and creativity of storytelling by showing the audience a story of a son who does not understand his father’s obsession and love of telling tall tales instead of telling things straight. The film is a tale of growing up, facing the realities of…

The lack of recent content……

Hello everyone! It has been quite a while since I’ve posted any reviews or thoughts, but I want to ensure everyone that as soon as my spring semester ends, I’ll be back to posting weekly blog posts on many different things film. You can certainly expect to see a review of The Avengers very shortly…

Short Film: Checkmate

I have just put out one of my first short films. Don’t critique it too hard because it was done very quickly with very little structure. The film is inspired by the Dada movement and the films they made during their short existence in the early 20th century. I want the short film to stay pretty…

In Time Review

“For a few to be immortal, many must die.” -Henry Hamilton In Time is another tale in producer/writer/director Andrew Niccol‘s string of high concept but low key sci-fi films(Gattaca, The Truman Show). His films have not failed to do some interesting things in the past, and In Time appears to have a similar feel to it….

John Carter Review

“When I saw you, I believed it was a sign… that something new can come into this world. “ -Tars Tarkas In a world where every space science-fiction movie seems to be inspired by either Star Wars or Star Trek, it is interesting to see a film that is not only cut from a different…

Hugo Review

“Maybe that’s why a broken machine always makes me a little sad, because it isn’t able to do what it was meant to do… Maybe it’s the same with people. If you lose your purpose… it’s like you’re broken.” -Hugo Cabret Martin Scorsese is a legendary filmmaker that has given audiences many terrific films such as Taxi…

2012 Oscar Predictions

Bold movies are what I predict will win Italicized is what I would like to see win Best Picture “The Artist” Thomas Langmann, Producer “The Descendants” Jim Burke, Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor, Producers “Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close” Scott Rudin, Producer “The Help” Brunson Green, Chris Columbus and Michael Barnathan, Producers “Hugo” Graham King…

The Grey Review

“Once more into the fray. Into the last good fight I’ll ever know. Live and die on this day. Live and die on this day.” -Ottway Man versus nature stories are as old as time itself and through the years we have seen many films that have covered this territory before including Castaway, The Birds,…