In 2007, after three films and a decent-enough conclusion, the story of Jason Bourne seemed to have run its course, with Matt Damon and director Paul Greengrass…
Author: Brent Hankins
Brent Hankins
Brent Hankins has been blogging and writing film reviews online since 2011. He joined the Phoenix Film Critics Society in 2013, and was a founding member of the Phoenix Critics Circle the following year, where he currently serves as President. Brent also hosted the weekly Drinks and Discourse podcast for nearly 5 years, and is currently the editor-in-chief at The Lamplight Review. He resides in Tempe, AZ with his wife and son.
FX’s vampire drama The Strain has been a mainstay at San Diego Comic-Con for the past few years, and 2016 was no different. With the premiere…
After grossing out audiences with his gore-drenched 2013 remake of Evil Dead, director Fede Alvarez returned earlier this year at the SXSW Film Festival with Don’t…
Based on a chilling three-minute short film that became a viral sensation, Lights Out opened to strong reviews and an impressive $21.6 million – more than four…
The first season of Ballers, HBO’s comedy-drama series about the lives of professional football players, drew some inevitable comparisons to the similarly-themed Entourage, and it’s hard to…
It’s the 1980s, and Pablo Escobar’s Medillin cartel is smuggling between 70 and 80 tons of cocaine into the United States on a monthly basis. With numerous government agencies…
Last year at Disney’s D23 Expo, CEO Bob Iger confirmed a long-running rumor- and made dreams come true for millions of fans – when he confirmed…
Shuffled from one foster home to another thanks to his long history of “kicking things, breaking things, burning things” and basically engaging in all manner of…
Even with the luxuries and conveniences afforded by modern technology, raising six children might seem like a monumental task for any set of parents. So you would…
The height of summer blockbuster season may not seem like prime release territory for an epic drama set against the backdrop of the Civil War, but in…
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: a painfully naive young woman from a small town somewhere in the midwest arrives in Los Angeles with stars…
[Editor’s Note: With Swiss Army Man opening in New York and Los Angeles this weekend, we’re running our original Sundance review again]
During the last pep rally of the school year, student body president and star athlete Calvin Joyner (Kevin Hart) is in the midst of his final address when…
The Conjuring was one of the best horror films in recent memory, a fresh and inspired twist on haunted houses and demonic possessions that raked in $318…
Disney’s Zootopia was a box-office sensation, raking in more than $1 billion worldwide and becoming the second highest-grossing original film of all time behind James Cameron’s…
After a series of hilarious music videos on Saturday Night Live, Andy Samberg and his pals from The Lonely Island bring their irreverent, foul-mouthed and undeniably catchy melodies…
I reviewed The Finest Hours for its theatrical release back in January, but my affinity for the charms of Chris Pine prompted me to give the…
Back in 2005, I was living in a four-bedroom townhouse on the west side of Indianapolis with three of my closest friends – one of whom…
Shane Black may have run afoul of comic book fans by making some creative changes to an iconic Marvel Comics villain in Iron Man 3, but…
It’s been two years since the events of Neighbors, which saw young married couple Mac and Kelly Radner (Seth Rogen and Rose Byrne) wage war against…
After crossing over characters from the original X-Men films with the younger generation in 2014’s X-Men: Days of Future Past and resetting the narrative timeline so future…
Jeremy Saulnier’s mesmerizing revenge drama Blue Ruin may not have turned the director into a household name, but it garnered enough critical praise to open the door for his…
Shortly after 6:30am on the morning of December 21, 1970, Elvis Presley sauntered up to the White House entrance gate with a handwritten letter requesting an audience…
It’s been a long journey to the box office for The Huntsman: Winter’s War, the follow-up to 2012’s Snow White and The Huntsman. Despite grossing a…
Disney’s ongoing quest to recycle their classic animated properties and turn them into live-action blockbusters is currently in full swing, and while the results have been…
Richard Linklater’s Dazed and Confused hit theaters more than two decades ago, and has become one of the most iconic films in the director’s repertoire. Last…
It’s hard to believe that Star Wars: The Force Awakens opened in theaters more than three months ago. It feels like only yesterday when we first met…
I distinctly remember the moment I saw the first promotional photo from I Saw the Light, this week’s biopic about country music legend Hank Williams. I…
AMC’s zombie-themed spinoff Fear the Walking Dead already made its way to home video back in December, but the network is double-dipping with a Special Edition…
John Carchietta’s high school love story Teenage Cocktail was one of our favorite selections at the 2016 SXSW Film Festival, a small-town romance with a thriller element and…
The 2016 SXSW Film Festival boasted an incredibly strong lineup of narrative features, but one of the true standouts this year was Miss Stevens. Written and…
One of our most anticipated screenings of the 2016 SXSW Film Festival was the world premiere of Preacher, the upcoming AMC television series based on the…
With only a few short weeks until HBO’s fantasy epic Game of Thrones returns to the airwaves, series fans who find themselves jonesing for a fix can…
The year is 1968, and first-time inventor Foster Kalt (Mike Brune) has traveled to a toy convention hoping to sell his creation. A night of drinking…