Ever notice that every blockbuster movie has the same fundamental pieces? A hero, a journey, some conflicts to muck it all up, a reward, and the hero returning home and everybody applauding his or...

The East Coast, Then and LaterFew settings are more depressing than those featured in 12 Monkeys. (Maybe All Quiet on the Western Front's depiction on World War I's No Man's Land is a little worse....

Round and Back We GoThe narrative technique featured in 12 Monkeys seems complex at first glance thanks to some twisty time-travel shenanigans. We start with James Cole in the destitute future of 2...

Science Fiction; Mystery; Psychological Thriller;  SuspenseTo Boldly Go Where No One Wanted ToOkay, so 12 Monkeys isn't the most spectacular of science fiction. There aren't any laser swords o...

Before we ask this question, let's take a couple steps back and consider what a title is for. Titles don't exist so we can catalogue our film collections in alphabetical order. You can go chronolog...

Asking what is up with the ending of 12 Monkeys is like asking what started the big bang or how life came to Earth or why things act so weirdly at the atomic level. We may never know the answers to...

RThe MPAA rating of R stands for "restricted," and that seems on-point for a film like 12 Monkeys. Why the hard R? This film hits the trinity of parental warnings: swearing, violence, and nudity. A...