Tag: Summer Movies

  • Detroit

    Detroit

    2010 was the year of Kathryn Bigelow. She became the first woman to win an Oscar for Best Director and her breakout indie The Hurt Locker scored a surprise win for Best Picture. The film, about a bomb defusing team in Iraq, is a master-class in tension and a gripping character study to boot. Bigelow…

  • Baby Driver

    Baby Driver

    We first crossed paths with Edgar Wright in the 2004 sleeper hit Shaun of the Dead. The film put Wright on the map, along with actors Simon Pegg and Nick Frost. Two sequels rounded out the “Blood and Ice Cream” trilogy, Hot Fuzz and The World’s End, continuing Wright’s style of paying homage to genre…

  • Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2

    Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2

    No one makes superhero movies like Marvel Studios. They’ve earned their big-screen domination with quality films, and Guardians of the Galaxy is at the top of the list. Released in 2014 after three Iron Mans, two Thors, two Captain Americas, and an Avengers team-up, Guardians was the breath of fresh air Marvel needed. The movie…

  • Poll: What Summer Movie Are You Most Excited To See?

    Poll: What Summer Movie Are You Most Excited To See?

    It’s that time of the year again. For those of us in the Midwest, the flowers are blooming and the temperature is rising, and that can only mean one thing: the summer movie season is almost here! This is the chance for Hollywood to pull out all the stops and give us a ride to…

  • Love and Friendship / Bad Moms

    Love and Friendship / Bad Moms

    A couple of films were released this summer, and they did not have a Giant Beam of Light extending from the sky to the earth. I was pretty sure I wasn’t the only person who would have observed it, and alas, I am not. This guy calls the Giant Beam of Light the “cargo shorts…

  • What Was Your Favorite Movie of the Summer?

    What Was Your Favorite Movie of the Summer?

    Four months of summer entertainment has officially come to end, and this season ran the gamut. We saw blockbusters and indies. Cash cows and flops. Explosions and emotions. Below is a list of the most notable releases of the summer. Now that the dust has settled, which film stands out among the rest? Make your…

  • The Nice Guys

    The Nice Guys

    Shane Black is the king of buddy action movies. He sold the screenplay to Lethal Weapon at age 22. In 1996, Black scored a then-record-breaking payday of $4 million for The Long Kiss Goodnight. The sale made him enemies, and he disappeared from Hollywood for nine years. Then in 2005, Black returned not just as…

  • The Brody Awards 2015

    The Brody Awards 2015

    Cinema Faith is proud to introduce the Brody Awards.  Listen in as we recognize the best movies of the summer. Agree with our picks?  Sound off below.

  • The Summer Movie Season

    The Summer Movie Season

    As a Midwest native, I know a thing or two about seasons. Every year I witness the beauty of leaves changing in the fall, the plunge into winter with snow topped trees, the thaw of spring, and the hot, sandy beaches of summer. Seasons have become a part of my DNA. They’re a yearly display…