Film

Read up on movie reviews, film festivals, film school projects and more.

Rows of empty green theater seats in front of projection screen for Sundance

Sundance returns to Grand Theatre after COVID hiatus

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After three years of COVID interruption, the Sundance Film Festival has resumed in-person screenings at the Grand Theatre on South City Campus.

‘The Wolfman’ is a disappointing CG nightmare

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Watching a film that you were excited to see is almost always a recipe for disaster. The Wolfman is a film that had many...
Armie Hammer as the Lone Ranger

Movie review: ‘The Lone Ranger’ gets the Disney theme park treatment

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Arts reporter Stephen Romney says "The Lone Ranger" is a mediocre family adventure film.
Chris Hemsworth as Thor in "Thor: Ragnarok"

Movie review: ‘Thor: Ragnarok’

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Movie critic Court Casselman says "Thor: Ragnarok" reminds him too much of other films in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Winston Duke and Zazie Beetz

Sundance film review: ‘Nine Days’

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Premiering at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival, "Nine Days" leaves audiences doing some soul-searching.
Chiwetel Ejiofor talking to reporters

2024 Sundance: ‘Rob Peace’ film review

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Oscar-nominated actor Chiwetel Ejiofor wrote and directed the film adaptation of “The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace” by Jeff Hobbs.
Image from 'Fright Night'

‘Fright Night’ doesn’t scare anyone

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Vampires are officially now the most overused movie plot in the history of cheesy movie monsters. Since Nosferatu came out in 1922 the film...
Still from Winter's Tale featuring Russell Crowe and Collin Farrell

Movie Review: ‘Winter’s Tale’ is funny for all the wrong reasons

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Arts reporter Stephen Romney reviews the laughably bad 'Winter's Tale.'

Laughter at South City

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Comedians of all experience levels attended the Salt Lake Comedy Festival held on June 1 and 2 at Salt Lake Community College South City Campus’ Grand Theatre.
Oscar statuette for the Czech movie "Closely Watched Trains" (Ostře sledované vlaky in Czech) by Jiří Menzel

Do the Oscars matter?

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Philip Cogan Gilstrap airs his grievances with the Academy Awards.
Still image from "Mission Impossible 8"

Review: The final ‘Mission: Impossible’ is a poetic end to a long series

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Lucas Davison reviews “Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning” and says the film delivers a great theatre experience.
A movie still from Skyfall featuring Daniel Craig and Javier Bardem

‘Skyfall’ a reinvention of loving homage to the James Bond franchise

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Romney reviews the latest in the James Bond series, Skyfall.