The Good Dinosaur (2015)
“You’ve gotta earn your mark.” Pixar has become synonymous with being the leading storyteller in animated filmmaking. They’re progressive, smart, intuitive. What really separates the majority of their movies from […]
Monthly Archives: November 2015
Creed (2015)
“I’m afraid of taking on the name and losing.” There is little doubt in my mind that people will flock to theaters thinking that they’re going to watch a new […]
Brooklyn (2015)
“Home is home.” The thing about Brooklyn that lingers with you most is its honesty. A story with simple sensibilities, straightforwardly told, classically made. It may be a fictitious picture, but you […]
Room (2015)
“We all have the same strong.” Too often we forget that the world – our rendering and no one else’s – is seen through our eyes, at our height, at […]
Call Me Lucky (2015)
“I remember not really getting the depth of what Barry had been through.” One of the greatest strengths of documentary filmmaking, and perhaps the most important, is the medium’s intuitive […]
The Night Before (2015)
“Sometimes, being uncomfortable can be a good thing.” The Night Before is a sloppy movie and as atypical of your standard clichéd Christmas fodder as you can get. Parts sag under […]
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 (2015)
“Mockingjay, may your aim be as true as your heart is pure.” In my review of the previous installment in The Hunger Games franchise, I applauded its technical prowess while deriding its […]
The 33 (2015)
“We may be looking at a weakness in the mountain’s internal structure.” In the context of real-life events, the Chilean Miner’s Rescue of 2010 was a global phenomenon which led to […]
I Smile Back (2015)
“Nobody tells you that it’s terrifying to love something so much.” I Smile Back is one of those movies that has unknown depth to it, unable to really dive down or […]
Love the Coopers (2015)
“I have a fear that I’m an impostor.” I’m an easy sucker for Christmas movies, the good and the bad, and it’s my favorite time of the year because of the […]
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