Green Room (2016)
“Remember, this is a movement. Not a party.” Fear is a hard concept to define outside of physical responses. Wide eyes, sweaty palms, clenched teeth, racing hearts. They’re all unsummoned reactions […]
Category Archives: Thriller
Money Monster (2016)
“It always sounds so simple and yet so moronic.” For all intents and purposes, Money Monster positions itself as a movie of the here and the now. Big stars matched by big […]
The Invitation (2016)
“Why would anyone wanna’ watch that?” The Invitation is a stratified film that welcomes pain. The feeling demands to be felt, and in this overtly psychosomatic case, is ultimately dealt with by […]
The Top 50 Films of 2015
Now that the 2015 calendar is long since in the rearview, I’ve been able to catch up on the rest of my extensive must-see list for the year. Granted, although […]
London Has Fallen (2016)
“Vengeance has always been profound and absolute.” London Has Fallen is at once a stupid, silly, self-serious action adventure wearing a Kevlar-plated heart of gold. And it’s also another entry into the […]
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 […]
The Revenant (2015)
“You have to listen.” I honestly cannot recall the last time I saw a film and asked myself so many times, often aloud, “how did they do that?” The Revenant, when strictly […]
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 […]
Victoria (2015)
“Show me what you’ve got.” 134 minutes in length. One continuous shot. Three attempts to get it right. Traveling through the clubs and streets and rooftops of Berlin, zooming around […]
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 […]
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