The 2016 Academy Awards: Predictions and Thoughts
It’s important to know while watching the Oscars that the nominees and the winners don’t necessarily represent the best of 2015. In fact, as I finish my Top 50 list […]
Category Archives: Mystery
The Witch (2016)
“We will conquer this wilderness. It will not consume us.” To watch The Witch is to be perplexed. And frankly, I must admit that I still have not completely put it all […]
The Hateful Eight (2015)
“No one said the job was supposed to be easy.” What a treacherous journey to the screen it has been for The Hateful Eight. First a leaked script, now numerous theaters incompetent […]
Mr. Holmes (2015)
“Mr. Holmes won’t be here forever.” Mr. Holmes is a daring movie, and one that miserably fails by wearing too many faces. You must be familiar with the eccentricities and exhausting surgical […]
Knock Knock (2015)
“I’m afraid I can’t help you.” You see the poster and you watch the trailer for Knock Knock and expect a low-budget, campy horror comedy. And to start that is what we […]
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 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 […]
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 […]
The Overnight (2015)
“I want to stay here forever.” While sitting through The Overnight, squirming in my seat with a hand often covering my mouth, I felt a looming sense of dread. Every little this-or-that […]
Tomorrowland (2015)
“Just try to be a little more upbeat.” Tomorrowland, a lavishly gorgeous and incredibly realized world, had that above quote tattooed all over its underlying smarmy self. Be happy, be positive, believe […]
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