Michael Lomax
Michael Lomax
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'Hunger Games' is not the new Harry Potter
Cinema to the Max
I really want to keep this point direct and clear: “The Hunger Games” is not the new Harry Potter franchise.
Class and Classic Actors: A Dissection
Cinema to the Max
Why did "The Artist" win Best Picture? It's really simple: Hollywood loves nostalgia. Today's stars aren't the true stars of yesteryear that commanded shock, awe and respect. Here's a run-through of the very actors that embodied class-on-screen, in every sense of the phrase.
Who will win big at the Oscars?
Cinema to the Max
At this point, guessing the major Oscar winners is worthless—we pretty much know who’s going to win the big ones. Instead, what makes the prediction process fun is its capacity to inspire debate: Sure, we know Meryl Streep is going to win, but should she?
Cinema to the Max: A bittersweet ode to love and insecurity
That’s right — with Valentine’s Day just around the corner, the coupled among us have a reason to smile, while the singles probably just see it as another cold, early morning walk up Prospect Street. But all of us, in some way or fashion, are touched by love (or the lack of it), no matter our age or class or, remarkably enough, our maturity level.
Cinema to the Max
Ricky Gervais does it again
The 69th Golden Globes have come and gone, sans excitement and upsets—sound familiar? The awards show hasn’t been relevant in years: not in presentation, not in star power, not even in choice of cable network. At most, the Globes offer a cooler, hipper venue for Hollywood’s elite to pat each other on the back. And that’s just because they serve liquor at the Beverly Hilton Hotel. A lot of it.
Finding Kubrick’s Heir
Cinema to the Max
“The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” confirms director David Fincher’s standing in contemporary American cinema as the closest thing we have to Stanley Kubrick’s heir.
LIGHTS. CAMERA. ACTION?
For a long time, the film community at Yale was like extraterrestrial life — we were pretty sure it existed out there, somewhere, but no one had ever actually seen it.
‘Harvard Still Sucks,’ the film
After a Harvard friend sent him the “That’s Why I Chose Yale” parody video last year, Alex Goel ’14 knew he wanted to top it — with the help of freshman filmmaker and fellow Berkeleyite Ryan Kline ’15, Goel has set out to do just that.
Lions, Tigers and Cowboys, Oh My!
Cinema to the Max
If popular Hollywood (and last year’s Seattle Seahawks) has taught us anything, it’s that anyone anywhere is capable of pulling out a win on any given day.
The Best of American Horror
The beauty of Halloween is its ability to give us time to reflect on one of humankind’s most pernicious emotions: fear.