The Gift (2015)
“Seemed like a nice guy.” Home is where the heart is, supposedly. Also in house is the resident fear, tucked away in the shadows, creeping and creaking along the floors […]
Category Archives: Drama
Mid-Year Review
As Summer fades and Fall creeps in, the quality of movies goes up exponentially. We get the pushes and campaigns for awards glory, as well as a slew of films […]
The Stanford Prison Experiment (2015)
“Misbehavior will not be tolerated.” Human history proves that power cannot be trusted. There are hidden agendas, secret motives, unwitting participants overseen by all-knowing rulers. Scale that down a bit […]
Unexpected (2015)
“It’s not how I thought it would happen.” No matter what we might think, we are never going to experience a journey alone. There is no such thing as a […]
Southpaw (2015)
“Don’t get hit too much.” Boxing, along with baseball, is a sport that translates well to the screen. It’s been done countless times. And while baseball is a team sport, […]
Clouds of Sils Maria (2015)
“One and the same person.” Clouds of Sils Maria is a movie which promotes subjectivity. Its hopes are that we form an opinion, and that it stands contradictory to the conclusion anyone […]
Paper Towns (2015)
“Everyone gets a miracle.” Papers Towns opens with the above quote, and over the course of the story rarely relents its optimism, vibrancy, or sense of hope. This is an upbeat movie […]
Magic Mike XXL (2015)
“We’re gonna see if he still has some Magic in that Mike.” Magic Mike XXL requires no thought. The surface level approach, with the greased up muscles and women swooning, practically […]
The Wolfpack (2015)
“To us and to our world it is very personal.” As a student of film, a person infatuated with and lusting for more stories and more movies, I can understand […]
The Cobbler (2015)
“To truly know a man you must walk in his shoes.” The Cobbler didn’t make it into theaters this year for a reason. Not that it’s horrible, in fact I’ve seen […]
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