Articles by Matt Sills
by Matt Sills
This weekend’s release of “Dark Shadows” marks the eighth collaboration between director Tim Burton and Johnny Depp. I’ve decided to take a look at their previous seven films together, and count them down …
by Matt Sills
Most cartoons are created as entertainment, to placate children for a couple of hours. There are pretty colors, goofy characters or talking animals, and a few chuckles, but rarely a story worthy of …
by Matt Sills
Spring is my favorite time of the years, and not because of flowers or rainbows or any of that stuff. It’s because of baseball. It’s the best professional sport on the planet, and …
by Matt Sills
Right now, somewhere in the bowels of the Walt Disney Pictures marketing department, executives are sweating bullets, waiting for their heads to roll while trying to figure out how John Carter failed so …
by Matt Sills
With the success of 21 Jump Street this past weekend, you know the studio executives are running around trying to figure out what former TV show is going to be the next box …
by Matt Sills
The very deserving “Man or Muppet” won Best Original Song last night at the Oscars. Of course, it didn’t have that much competition. In fact, it only had one competition. You also may …
by Matt Sills
My bedroom is a cluttered mess, filled with memories from 38 years of life. I’ve got binders of baseball cards, cereal boxes adorned with Mark McGwire mid-swing, autographed balls and bats. There’s an …
by Matt Sills
When you ask most actors what they aspire to, most will tell you they want to be in the movies. There’s a mystique to film that that other visual medium, television, just doesn’t …
by Matt Sills
We’re a couple of weeks into the new year, and it’s a strange time at the movies. The focus is on awards season, so you’re not getting any of the great movies studios …
By Matt Sills
Turn on the TV during the holiday season, and you’ll find the same old movies you see every year: It’s A Wonderful Life, A Christmas Story, Elf, Home Alone, and Christmas Vacation to …