Awesome Movies

(PG-13, SPOILERS) Wisecrack looks at what the depictions of Wolverine in Logan, Kratos in God of War and Luke Skywalker in Star Wars: Episode VIII: The Last Jedi mean, and why their symbolisms resonate so much in today’s times.

(PG-13) Editor ThorC1138 compiled this supercut of over 100 films in which an elevator plays a significant role in a scene. Ride along with The Blues Brothers, The Ghostbusters, Hans Gruber, Captain Kirk, James Bond, and many more as they ascend and descend.

After seeing Star Wars: Episode VIII: The Last Jedi, Lessons from the Screenplay was disappointed by Finn’s character arc, but impressed by Kylo Ren’s story. He decided to compare the two to show us why he didn’t approve of the former and loved the latter.

CineFix has given us tons of wonderful film essays and analyses over the years. Here they ranked the movies that they mentioned or picked most frequently. And no, Citizen Kane isn’t the Citizen Kane of this list.

Most of the prop sections used to film the assault on the Death Star in Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope have been lost. Hollywood Memorabilia got its hands on one of the few surviving sections. It was previously owned by an ILM employee and a Star Wars collector.

Star Wars has a long tradition of having a character lose a limb or five. It started as an homage to Akira Kurosawa’s films, but ScreenPrism points out how a lost limb – in Star Wars and other works of fiction – can represent a change in that character.

Gamora has a few shortcomings, Iron Man knows a good deal when he sees one, and Thanos – er, Fanos? – is ashamed of his childhood nickname in ArtSpear Entertainment’s hilarious animated parody of the Avengers: Infinity War trailer.

Set in the Wild West, The Sisters Brothers is a comedy about two sibling hired guns hunting a chemist who stole from their boss. Things turn ugly when their contact sees an opportunity for himself. Starring Joaquin Phoenix, John C. Reilly and Jake Gyllenhaal.

Carey Mulligan and Jake Gyllenhaal star in actor Paul Dano’s critically-acclaimed directorial debut. Wildlife is an adaptation of Richard Ford’s eponymous novel, about a boy who witnesses his family fall apart after they move to Montana.

Hollywood reboots another classic as Charlie Hunnam portrays a petty criminal wrongly convicted of murder and sent to an island prison. He befriends a counterfeiter, played by Rami Malek, who agrees to finance their escape. Based on the novel by Henri Charrière

Johnny Depp and Forest Whitaker star in a movie inspired by the real life investigation of retired LAPD detective Russell Poole, who uncovered a conspiracy within his former organization that holds clues to the murders of Notorious B.I.G. and Tupac Shakur.

“I thought I could teach you how to belong. But I was wrong.” Motion capture artist Andy Serkis directs and stars alongside an all-star cast, including Benedict Cumberbatch, Christian Bale, and Cate Blanchett in this dark live action take on The Jungle Book.

iCollector is auctioning off a Harley-Davidson Fat Boy motorcycle that was used in the filming of Terminator 2. The motorcycle has seen better days, but it has only 392mi on it and was acquired directly from the movie’s production company. Clothes and boots not included.

In Mission: Impossible – Fallout, Ethan Hunt tries to finish a mission that ended badly. This leads the CIA to question his motives, and ends up sending other agents – including one played by Henry Cavill – to take down Hunt. Twice the enemies, twice the stunts.

DC Comics‘ latest Batman animated movie is now available on digital, Blu-ray and DVD. Batman Ninja is a decidedly Japanese and anime-flavored take on the Caped Crusader, featuring various anime styles of imagery and over-the-top action sequences.

Morris “Moe” Berg was an American catcher and coach in the MLB during the 20’s and 30’s. He was an unremarkable player, but his intellect attracted the US government, who turned him into a spy during World War II. Starring Paul Rudd, Paul Giamatti and Jeff Daniels.