Tag: movie editorials

Pixar’s Elio is Sci-Fi Magic | Review

If you've ever wondered what it'd be like if Pixar went full "Amblin," complete with quasi-horror elements and deep Sci-Fi goodness, Elio is what you're looking for. It rules. Elio Directed By: Madeline Sharafian, Domee Shi, Adrian Molina Written By: Julia Cho, Mark Hammer, Mike Jones Starring: Yonas Kibreab, Zoe Saldaña, Remy Edgerly, Brad Garrett Release Date: June 20, 2025 Full disclosure: I had pretty much zero interest in...

The Legend of Heroes: Trails Beyond the Horizon Comes to Nintendo Switch 2 in January 2026

The next installment in The Legend of Heroes Trails series will be coming to the Nintendo Switch 2 come the new year. NIS America, Inc. is proud to announce that The Legend of Heroes: Trails beyond the Horizon is coming to Nintendo Switch 2 in addition to the previously-announced Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, and PC (Steam, Epic Games Store, and GOG) platforms. All...

Redefining the Action Genre: The Lasting Impact of The Matrix and Yuen Woo-Ping

The 90s provided a wealth of action movies from the campy to the iconic. At the tail end of the decade, however, The Matrix came in and changed the way action films appeared on screen and how they were made. Today, I’m taking a look at how it drastically altered the Action Movie genre, the key person behind it.

CGI Done Right: Gollum in Lord of the Rings

Nowadays, with major advances in technology CGI is playing a huge role in the movie making industry. Of course sometimes creators can go a little too far with CGI making the realistic looking aliens or monsters not so realistic looking and instead creepy or annoying (see Jar Jar Binks) but when they get it right it is nearly perfect.