Tag: Anna Paquin

REVIEW: American Underdog: The Kurt Warner Story (2021)

If you’re like me and have been watching football for a long time, you know all about Kurt Warner. If you’re also like me, you were glued to the TV in January of 2000 as you watched Kurt Warner shock the nation with a Super Bowl win and an MVP title. He was a washed-up …

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American Underdog Trailer Reaction

A former NFL quarterback going from grocery store stockboy to Hall of Famer is arguably one of the most inspirational stories in sports history, and we’re finally getting a movie about it. American Underdog tells the story of Kurt Warner, the only undrafted player to be named MVP and the only ...

REVIEW: Castle in the Sky (1986)

After the success of Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, Hayao Miyazaki’s next film came two years later in the form of Castle in the Sky. I forgot to mention last week that Nausicaä was technically produced before Studio Ghibli was formed, making Castle in the Sky their official first film....

Celebrating X-Men 20 Years Later

X-Men was a landmark movie that showed Hollywood that superhero films could be far more than leather costumes. Thanks in part to producer Avi Arad – who, at the time, was well-known for producing the X-Men and Spider-Man animated series for Fox Kids – 20th Century Fox picked up the movie rights ...