Articles by Matthew Ritchie

Four Facts You Should Know Before Seeing 'Kong: Skull Island'

PUBLISHED Mar 10, 2017

For his second movie, American director Jordan Vogt-Roberts made the jump most filmmakers only dream about, leaping from an indie Sundance...

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Ape Escape

PUBLISHED Mar 10, 2017

Ask John Goodman why he chose to act in director Jordan Vogt-Roberts' latest film and he'll give you a simple answer: "King Kong."   But Ko...

The Last Word

Directed by Mark Pellington

PUBLISHED Mar 8, 2017

One of the most touching moments to come out of this year's Oscars involved a new segment in which noteworthy actors from past and present...

Kong: Skull Island

Directed by Jordan Vogt-Roberts

PUBLISHED Mar 8, 2017

King Kong has never looked bigger or better on the big screen than he does in Kong: Skull Island, a stunning action-adventure that finds on...

Logan

Directed by James Mangold

PUBLISHED Mar 1, 2017

Back in February, Twentieth Century Fox Film chairperson Stacey Snider spoke at a conference and admitted that the movie studio was initial...

The Great Wall

Directed by Zhang Yimou

PUBLISHED Feb 16, 2017

Much like the 8,851-km-long barrier that bears the same name, Chinese director Zhang Yimou's latest action adventure, The Great Wall, is in...

John Wick: Chapter 2

Directed by Chad Stahelski

PUBLISHED Feb 8, 2017

Exclaim! didn't review John Wick when it came to theatres in 2014, but can you really blame us? The premise sounded awful: it promised only...

The LEGO Batman Movie

Directed by Chris McKay

PUBLISHED Feb 8, 2017

In 2014, filmmakers Phil Lord and Christopher Miller accomplished a rare feat: they made a kids movie — filled with crossovers, corporate s...