I'll be the first to say it. Sequels have a tendency to turn out bad.  I don't want to make any sweeping generalizations here, but sequels usually take everything you love about a first movie and mangle it with overly simplified, highly formulaic stories that make characters...

Okay, so I’ve been told that a lot of my previous ‘Grind My Gears’ may make me out to be a bit impatient, but let me assure you, that is not the case. Let’s be honest here, if people didn’t have anything to complain about, the world would probably explode. We all...

Falling into theaters June 6, is “The Fault in Our Stars” based off of the best-selling book by John Green. The movie stars Shailene Woodley and Ansel Elgort, who played brother and sister in another book-to-movie series “Divergent,” released this past March. The heartbreaking...

Maleficent flies into theatres May 30th, setting itself up as the family friendly alternative to just about everything else currently in theaters. Boasting a notable leading lady, a universe chalk full of CGI and a story we all know and love, Maleficent is a fun movie that is...

“A Million Ways to Die In the West,” one of the most anticipated comedy blockbusters of the summer, hits theaters this Friday, May 30. With an all-star cast that includes Seth MacFarlane (also writer and director), Charlize Theron, Amanda Seyfried, Neil Patrick Harris,...

Pittsburgh has shed it’s old nickname of the Steel City over the past few years and has become an emerging art culture with the door wide open for the world of fashion. However, the city’s main universities have to play catch-up. With the exception of the Art Institute,...

On May 16, Godzilla will smash his way into theaters for the first time in more than ten years, but is the lizard kings return to the silver screen as big as everyone has been saying it is? To say people have high hopes would be an understatement, heck I was one of them. If you’ve...

I am admittedly not a sports fan. By extension, I am not much of a sports-movie fan. Like everything however, there are exceptions. “Remember the Titans”, and “We are Marshall” never fail to get me going, but they belong to a short list of sports-movies I can tolerate....

Swinging into theaters May 2 is everyone’s favorite arachnid-themed superhero, Spider-Man. Coming off the heels of a pretty successful year for superhero movies, this sequel is sure to impress both fans and casual moviegoers alike. I’ve been excited for this movie for months...