Spring Into Awesome with Cinelinx in April
It's finally Spring time, and for those of us movie and game lovers a few important things are happening. For one, it means that the ever important Summer Movie Season is only a month away and...
View ArticleLife Lessons: 10 Important Things We've Learned from Watching Star Wars
Star Wars is a teaching tool; even though that probably wasn’t something George Lucas intended when he first wrote it, that’s exactly what it is. With the new film, Star Wars: Episode VII, beginning...
View ArticleStar Wars - The Machete Order
Have you ever had a friend or child that was new to Star Wars but you didn’t want them to start with Episode 1: The Phantom Menace because those STUPID midichlorians or the computer generated comedy...
View ArticleComic Books vs. Graphic Novels – Which Makes the Best Movie?
SAT verbal analogy flashback time! If comic book is to TV program, then graphic novel is to miniseries. See the difference? Comic books and graphic novels are two ways to tell a story using graphic...
View ArticleRemembering the Greatest Superman 10 Years After his Passing
Christopher Reeve became a star 35 years ago by playing the title role in Superman: The Movie. He died in 2004. A decade later, we look back at the man who helped launch the superhero genre, the impact...
View ArticleMarvel Changes Movies Part 1: The Rise of Marvel
Marvel began life as a small-time comic book publisher called Timely Publications and released their first comic book in October of 1939 featuring the Human Torch and Namor the Sub-Mariner. For over...
View ArticleMarvel Changes Movies Part 2: Building an Empire
After over sixty years of ups and downs, Marvel was poised to begin building its film empire right at the start of the new millennium. Blade had released in 1999 and showed that a Marvel character...
View ArticleThings Are Heating Up This July at Cinelinx!
If there was any doubt, the rising temperatures are certainly giving it away, it’s Summer time folks! This marks the halfway point of the Summer movie season, and while only a couple things have...
View ArticleA Visual Timeline of CGI Characters in Film
Characters are one of the most important aspects of any film. Therefore, as the technology in film has advanced over the past 40 years, it is no surprise that the way characters are portrayed has also...
View ArticleWhy People Can't Enjoy the VFX in The Star Wars Prequels
George Lucas’ Star Wars Prequels did a lot of things for the special effects industry, being among the first films to feature thousands of digitally enhanced shots, while also introducing the idea of...
View ArticleCGI Done Right: Gollum in Lord of the Rings
Nowadays, with major advances in technology CGI is playing a huge role in the movie making industry. Of course sometimes creators can go a little too far with CGI making the realistic looking aliens or...
View ArticleExamining the Good and Bad CGI of Immortel
I am a fan of foreign films and as such I found the movie Immortel (Ad Vitam) a few years back. When I was informed it came to Blu-ray I jumped at the chance and grabbed it. It is a little slow but...
View ArticleNew Look. New Features. Same Great Content This Month at Cinelinx
It seems like only yesterday we were publishing our Summer Movie Preview Guides in anticipation of the oncoming Summer season of film, and now here we are in August. The final month of Summer is upon...
View ArticleThe 10 Best Fights in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (So Far)
The clashes between good and evil are something we, as audiences, love to see in all their glorious incarnations. But when it comes to superheroes and super villains, while the story is important,...
View ArticleOur Favorite Action Scenes - The Mission: Impossible Bullet Train
The blend of CGI and live action is a common thing in today’s films, but that wasn’t always the case. The bullet train chase sequence in Mission: Impossible is one of the earliest sequences to use...
View ArticleOur Favorite Action Scenes - Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace
Of all the Star Wars Prequels, The Phantom Menace seems to get the most flak from the fans. While I feel a lot of that is misguided, I’m here to talk about the one thing that just about all fans...
View ArticleCinelinx's Summer Movie Awards Nominations (2014)!
It seems like just yesterday we were posting our Summer movie preview guides to help get you ready for the Summer Movie Season, and now here we are with it pretty much wrapped up. While this season...
View ArticleRanked: Every Summer Movie Season Since 1980 - Part 1
Summer movie season is a magic time of year when Hollywood traditionally rolls out its most appealing merchandise. It’s true that some summer movie seasons are better than others. This is our ranking...
View ArticleRanked: Every Summer Movie Season Since 1980 - Part 2
We’ve reviewed every summer movie season since 1980 to find out which are the best, and which are the worst. Last week we posted our picks for the worst, and here we post our picks for the best. 2015...
View ArticleCinelinx's Summer Movie Awards Winners (2014)!
At the start of this month, we presented our annual Summer Movie Awards Nominations for the 2014 season and tasked you, our readers, to vote on the winners. We've tallied them up and are happy to...
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