Z for Zachariah (2015)
“It’s just crazy this is still here.” Z for Zachariah is a lesson, both good and bad, in the importance of brevity. Its shot choices early on are inspiring, relying on […]
Monthly Archives: August 2015
No Escape (2015)
“Welcome to the third world.” No Escape is the funniest movie of the summer of 2015. And it’s not a comedy. How can you not laugh at this blatantly condescending, offensively […]
American Ultra (2015)
“I am spooky quiet.” *= terrible pot puns/references meant to make a dreary review on a lousy film a little more bearable. Enjoy. Let’s just get this out there to start; American […]
Digging for Fire (2015)
“There was something truthful about having my own life again.” The simplest way you can describe Joe Swanberg’s career as is prolific. In the same breath, the most complex way […]
Hitman: Agent 47 (2015)
“The history of man is defined by war.” It sure as hell is hard to have fun during an action movie when the film itself is shackled to the deepest […]
People Places Things (2015)
“Life sucks because my wife left me for an off broadway monologuist.” Anymore, it seems impossible to find a good romantic comedy. Too often do they careen into the territory of […]
6 Years (2015)
“Look me in the eye, and tell me.” Here’s a scenario for you: Game 7 of the World Series, bottom of the ninth, full count, go ahead run on third. […]
The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (2015)
“Not very good at this whole subtlety thing, are you?” The shortest way I could think to describe The Man from U.N.C.L.E. was the phrase “aggressively harmless.” Which, if you couldn’t tell, […]
Straight Outta Compton (2015)
“Speak a little truth and people lose their minds.” Straight Outta Compton is a good bad movie, an attempted thinkpiece that would prefer if you just close your mind off altogether. […]
Mommy (2015)
“Loving people doesn’t save them.” Mommy is the first film I have seen that manipulates the frame in service of the story, only ever so briefly. For almost its entirety, the […]
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