Life (2015)
“You’re doing something else. It’s not Hollywood.” Life recounts the unearthly existence of James Dean the actor and James Dean the Indiana farm boy as a tale of two men living […]
Category Archives: Biopic
In the Heart of the Sea (2015)
“What if the stories only exist to make us believe the sea’s dark secrets?” Is this really a movie? Can this seriously be a product meant to surpass its budget? […]
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 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 […]
Steve Jobs (2015)
“People don’t know what they want until you show them.” What you don’t know when you walk into Steve Jobs is that you’re waved in through a revolving door. The movie is […]
Bridge of Spies (2015)
“Sometimes people think wrong. People are people.” Bridge of Spies is, by most measures, a solid piece of awards season bait. Classically made, told, performed. It’s a good movie, and one […]
The Walk (2015)
“To walk on the wire…this is life.” Maybe I would have liked The Walk more had I not revisited Man on Wire the night before, for the third time. The doc is on Netflix, […]
Black Mass (2015)
“It’s not what you do, it’s when and where you do it, and who you do it to or with.” When will film distributors learn to stop selling us scenes […]
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. […]
Love & Mercy (2015)
“The proof is in the formula.” Above is a quote which Brian Wilson, the artistic focal point and the eventual band maestro of the legendary Beach Boys, would absolutely hate and detest. Formula […]
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