The Maze Runner (2014)
“No one survives a night in the maze.” Nestled somewhere in between The Hunger Games and Divergent series is The Maze Runner. Like those two, it’s centered around young adults and set in a futuristic society. […]
Monthly Archives: September 2014
Enemy (2014)
“Chaos is order yet undeciphered.” “What the hell did I just watch?” That was my initial thought once it had finished. Enemy is pure surrealist cinema with deep undercurrents flowing in […]
Night Moves (2014)
“God knows that dam wants to come down.” The American Dream is by all means an aspiration filled with both an undeniable access and excess. Cars, homes, clothes, you name […]
Need for Speed (2014)
“Racing is an art.” Need for Speed is an enjoyably unnecessary film. I can’t imagine very many people played the popular game and thought to themselves, “This would make an awesome movie.” […]
Only Lovers Left Alive (2014)
“We’ll be here till the sun comes up.” What is it about vampires that is so seductive and that draws us in so much? That we fawn and romanticize over? […]
Starred Up (2014)
“Starred up means you’re leader.” Welcome to the spotlight, Jack O’Connell. As Eric Love, O’Connell delivers a supreme performance in one of the best overall films released this year. Starred Up is an […]
Begin Again (2014)
“I just think you have let your troubles get in the way of your entire life.” The entire time watching it I just kept thinking of Once, the 2006 film from writer / […]
Transcendence (2014)
“So you want to create a God? Your own God?” Transcendence is exactly one minute short of being two hours long. It finished, I popped it out of my DVD […]
Under the Skin (2014)
“When is the last time you touched someone?” There is an incisive difference between a well made movie and an enjoyable one. Under the Skin treads the line linking both territories, […]
About Alex (2014)
“Is there gonna be a next time?” Infuriating. Likable. Arrogant. Facetious. All of those, good and bad, accurately describe this movie. About Alex feels like a low-budget movie made by […]
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