Fall brings movies of substance, a break from summer blockbusters
A commentary on fall's upcoming films
View ArticleSteele’s Reels: ‘Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark leaves viewers afraid of...
Overcome by curiosity, Sally opens a gateway into an underworld infested with cunning, beady-eyed and sharp-clawed creatures with one single burning motivation — hunger. Blindsided by the horror she...
View ArticleSecurity Matters: The lowdown on downloads
Illegal file sharing is like speeding: after you get caught, you realize it wasn’t worth it. If you do use file-sharing programs, here are some tips.
View ArticleKnown critic A.O. Scott says films can blur the lines of what’s real and...
Internationally renowned New York Times film critic A.O. Scott discussed film and reality with UK students and faculty in Memorial Hall.
View ArticleA conversation with film critic A.O. Scott
A Q-and-A with New York Times film critic A.O. Scott.
View ArticleFlicks for chicks, for people with … adam’s apples: A Valentine’s Day movie...
Suddenly you hear the horrifically bone-chilling sound that all decent men in this world fear — “I’ve got ‘Breaking Dawn Part 1’ on DVD!”
View ArticleSteele’s Reels: Hype builds for ‘Skyfall’ and ‘Cloud Atlas’
By Dave Steele dsteele@kykernel.com It’s that time of year again. Fall is approaching, and with it are some of the year’s most anticipated movies. In summers past, high-budget blockbusters have...
View Article‘Perks’ gets the teen movie right
There has been a lot of buzz surrounding this movie, and now, with rave reviews coming from magazines such as Entertainment Weekly, Elle and Marie Claire, it may just be the breakout movie of the year.
View Article‘Paranormal Activity 4’ is for diehard fans only, falls short in franchise
“Paranormal Activity 4” opens by recapping the final moments of “Paranormal Activity 2,” by replaying the abduction of Hunter by his demon-possessed aunt Katie.
View ArticleMovies of many genres draw more students to Late Night Film Series
The Late Night Film Series is filling Worsham Theater with three times as many moviegoers than in previous years. In the 2009-10 school year, Late Night brought 3,553 people into the Student Center to...
View ArticlePOP!: Inside look at The Late Night Film Series
This year, UK’s Late Night Film Series was forced to turn away more than 100 students for its showing of “Monsters University” because the 450-seat theater could not hold any more bodies.
View ArticleSteve McQueen film '12 Years A Slave' proves authentic
Whereas “Django” took a rather satirical approach to its serious topic like only a Tarantino film can, “12 Years a Slave” takes a hard turn into the dark and unrelenting world that was the South in the...
View ArticleTop 10 movies of 2013
The following list is by no means a Best Picture Oscar prediction, for that list would look slightly different. I have merely chosen 10 films from the 85 or so that I have seen from 2013 that are the...
View ArticleThe most anticipated films of 2014 revealed
This year has a lot to live up to. Incredible film after incredible film came out in 2013. Here are 10 films set for 2014 that have the potential to live up to that standard.
View ArticleLeto, Blanchett are Oscar shoe-ins
With the Academy Awards less than a month away, it’s time to buckle down and assess the current landscape of the four best acting Oscars and where the favorites stand.
View Article‘Boyhood’ is a must-see for all generations
Young life is a precarious experience. If we’re like some, we become familiar with a group of people and we learn and grow through that familiarity. If we’re like most, we’re introduced to strange...
View ArticleFilm festivals are vital to year’s best movies
Around this time each year, we get a pretty good peek at what the Oscar landscape is going to look like going into the season.
View ArticleMarvel expands universe
According to “X-Men: Apocalypse” writer and producer Simon Kinberg, the 2016 Twentieth Century Fox installment is currently considered the ending of the 60s-and-70s arc following younger versions of...
View Article‘Gone Girl’ lazy in its plot twists, but succeeds with director’s style
(Fincher's) narrative in “Gone Girl” simply bobs along for the first hour and a half of the film, and just as you become restless, it serves you plot twists to fend off disinterest.
View ArticleMovies are better than books, there is no contest
I don’t think books are useless, I just think that movies are clearly better, and I don’t even think it’s much of a fair fight.
View ArticleBooks, unlike movies, allow readers to use imagination
Movies are wonderful things. They are visual masterpieces (when done correctly), and they can grip the viewer in several different ways. They are just not more entertaining than books.
View ArticleMovies are a great tradition of the holiday season
I have finally begun the remorseful and inevitable stage of my life when I look back on my childhood and wish that I had learned from movies like “13 Going on 30” and “Big” instead of wishing that I...
View ArticleNew realist film looks promising
“Project Almanac,” the coolest-looking movie not many people will see, comes out on Jan. 30. I have high hopes for the movie, based entirely on the similarities in its film style, advertising and cast...
View ArticleTop 10 movies of 2014
2014 definitely wasn't 2013 in terms of churning out great film after great film, but there were a few great films out there if you were willing to dig a little bit for them.
View ArticleAcademy breaks norm in Oscar race decision
The 87th Academy Awards brought some locks and some tight finishes, but the night’s final prize remained a veritable toss-up until the end.
View ArticleBeach Boys film illuminates struggles
In the first scene of Bill Pohlad’s “Love & Mercy,” we see the young Wilson (Paul Dano) sitting at his piano bench quietly talking to himself. To the audience it’s incessant muttering; to Wilson...
View ArticleThe four most exciting films of the upcoming Oscar season
Here are the four movies I’m looking forward to most going into fall festival and Oscar season.
View ArticleKentucky native’s new film “Runoff” sparkles
The best movies are the ones that revolve around human experiences. When it’s something the director is pulling straight from his or her own experience – even better.
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