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 […]
Category Archives: Drama
Mississippi Grind (2015)
“This story doesn’t have a happy ending.” When it comes to cards I am a novice. Can barely shuffle, could manage to lose a game of 52 pickup if my […]
I’ll See You in My Dreams (2015)
“You don’t need all them. Just right the way you are.” Throughout I’ll See You in My Dreams, a short and sweet and honest movie about love lost and love found, we […]
The Martian (2015)
“I’m not gonna die here.” The Martian is the ultimate crowd-pleaser of a movie. It’s an adventure unafraid to declare that being smart is cool, and that having a sense of […]
Sicario (2015)
“Nothing will make sense to your American ears.” We live in a time, or perhaps just a version of a single plane of existence, surrounded by war. No matter how […]
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, […]
Match (2015)
“Rigor is good.” Adapted from the stage play of the same name, Match is a film about discovery in a confined setting. It’s a little movie, with only three performers and taking […]
Everest (2015)
“If anyone can do it you can.” Most hear the word Everest and immediately think of the apex. The freezing, windswept, snowcapped summit of the highest point on the planet. […]
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 […]
The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet (2015)
“The war of mediocrity is the fungus of the mind.” When you watch a film by Jean-Pierre Jeunet, you can expect visual flair in an over the top world of […]
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