J.J Abrams’ 2009 “Star Trek” was a near-perfect reboot, reviving a dead franchise by paying tribute to the past while injecting some added spectacle, with some new twists for a new generation. It was one of the most memorable movies of that summer. “Star Trek Into Darkness” is a near-perfect sequel, and will likely end…

What makes “The Great Gatsby” one of the great American novels isn’t the story as much as it is the way that story is told. Years after reading it, what’s stuck with me is Fitzgerald’s prose, and the way he’s able to phrase certain ideas in such a simple yet beautiful way. The problem with…

How do you follow a movie like “The Avengers”? For fans of the Marvel universe, seeing all of the characters assembled together was everything we had been dreaming of for years, and a total game changer for this franchise. But how do we go from that to a movie focused just on Iron Man without…