Lost River (2015)
“What if something happened and we had to leave tomorrow? Would you come?” Comparable to a moviegoer’s escape into the world of the film they’re watching, the movies themselves can be just […]
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Furious 7 (2015)
“You can’t outrun the past.” To this day, I remember the pure pedal to the floor magic of The Fast and the Furious, the first in this drawn out franchise. It was impossible to […]
Ask Me Anything (2014)
“You need structure.” Judging from the poster for Ask Me Anything, you’d expect some light fare in the realm of an old Audrey Hepburn classic. So I have to ask myself why the […]
Insurgent (2015)
“We were never the problem. We were the solution.” Honestly, I could not tell you what Insurgent was about if I tried. It’s hard not to feel bad for these actors, forced […]
Faults (2015)
“I’m just waiting for a sign from God.” Faults, like the majority of independent American cinema, searches for a sense of originality and ubiquity by means of distancing itself from its […]
Wild Tales (2014)
“I can’t believe this.” A product of both Argentina and Spain, Wild Tales is an unsettling reverie and one of the most evocative films I have seen in some time. This is […]
The Top 50 Films of 2014
2014 was an outstanding year for cinema. From the blockbusters to the little indies, there were some truly exceptional films. I saw as many as I could, but you can’t see […]
The Boy Next Door (2015)
“I love your mother’s cookies.” It’s borderline disturbing and disconcerting that The Boy Next Door, an insult to moviemaking, still manages to remain engrossing while being reductively impractical. The housewife Lifetime channel viewership […]
The 2015 Academy Awards: Predictions and Thoughts
Every year, my alarm is set to wake up and watch the Oscar nominations through a live stream early in the morning. This year was a bit cringeworthy and just […]
The Imitation Game (2014)
“If you’re not carefully listening you will miss some things. Important things.” I would not be typing these words or writing this review had it not been for Alan Turing. […]
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