Author Andrew Step

“A comprehensive description and explanation of an idea or theory”. Otherwise known in screenwriting as exposition. Balancing exposition in movies is easier done then said. And when it’s done bad - you...

For those who don’t know, Jack Reacher is the protagonist of as series of now twenty books from author, Lee Child. And when you read the books you naturally think of Tom Cruise playing him in a live action...

In 2007, Ben Affleck shocked the world that with the fact that he is in fact a damn talented director with the crime thriller, Gone Baby Gone. In 2010, Affleck shocked the world again with the a matured and...

Have you ever had that one moment that forced you to take that long hard look into your own life and admit that this isn't the life that you want? That little moment, despite being so innocuous, can either...

It’s no secret that Jordan Peele and Keegan-Michael Key, the duo Comedy Central’s sketch comedy show “Key and Peele” are huge horror fans. Often bringing an angle to the genre through the classic...

Is Edward Snowden a traitor? A better question to ask about Edward Snowden isn’t is if he’s a traitor. It’s what kind of man is Edward Snowden? What pushed him to incite the largest intelligence leak in...

I feel like Akira Kurosawa is a great way to start this review. After all. In October 1960, Kurosawa’s film The Seven Samurai inspired a legendary western, The Magnificent Seven. Sixty two years later and...

The first 30 seconds of Peter Berg’s Deepwater Horizon perfectly defines the term you find at the beginning of the film; “inspired by true events”. Over the credits is the the actual Mike Williams -...

Midnight Madness is the Toronto International Film Festival’s answer to that old adage that only the crazy people come to downtown Toronto at night. It’s the place that you go to when you’re looking for...

212 minutes. The running length of the 1959 Ben-Hur is 3.5 hours. That is a long movie. I will agree with anyone that kind of running time is a commitment. But what comes with a running time like that is a...