Reuben Baron

1 week ago | looper.com | Reuben Baron

NBCUniversal's streaming service Peacock has a huge library of movies, though for every Oscar winner and masterpiece, there's a low-budget Christmas rom-com and a cynical mockbuster from The Asylum, so it's important that you know what you're looking for. What's more, the good movies on Peacock don't usually stay there for long.

1 week ago | looper.com | Reuben Baron

No movie is going to make everyone happy, as much as Hollywood's four-quadrant marketing strategies wish it were so. Some movies, however, leave one portion or another of the audience so angry, offended, or just flat-out baffled by what they've seen that the ensuing reactions make headlines.

2 weeks ago | looper.com | Reuben Baron

RATING : 7 / 10 A brutal, semi-satirical look at modern datingMakes great use of Dakota Johnson and Pedro Pascal's talents Chris Evans is saddled with an underdeveloped characterFinal act falls flat when it tries for actual romantic chemistry A24 has a reputation for making misleading trailers for its horror movies, selling edgy, outré filmmaking in ways that appear to fit more traditional modes.

3 weeks ago | looper.com | Reuben Baron

One of George Lucas' most beloved creations, the Jedi master Yoda practically defines the archetype of the eccentric yet wise old warrior. As an alien of an unknown species, he stretches the "old" part of that description beyond what any human possibly could. Just how old is he?

3 weeks ago | looper.com | Reuben Baron

Filmmaking is a global art form, but movies and TV shows don't always play the same way in different countries. On the most basic level, there's the general issue of translation — whether adding subtitles or dubbing dialogue, meaning and nuance can change when adapting a story to another language. There are also instances in which viewers in different countries are literally seeing different material.