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 […]
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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. […]
The Gambler (2014)
“I think you’re the kinda guy who likes to lose.” I’m in the minority when I say that this remake, which is actually more of a reimagining, is a better film […]
The 10 Best Christmas Movies You Haven’t Seen
It gets harder every Christmas season to turn on the TV and find something new to watch. To discover a movie you haven’t seen or even heard of. You’re bound to […]
Blue Ruin (2014)
“You point the gun. You shoot the gun.” My junior year of college I took a course on French Cinema, highlighted by the influences and aftereffects of the implemented social structures […]
The Babadook (2014)
“It wants to scare you first and then you’ll see it.” How is it possible for such a low-budget, lo-fi horror story to be one of the most chilling and emotionally […]
Nightcrawler (2014)
“My motto is, ‘if you want to win the lottery, you have to make the money to buy a ticket.’” On the road to success, obstacles and blockades oftentimes get […]
White Bird in a Blizzard (2014)
“I was 17 when my mother disappeared.” White Bird in a Blizzard is a stoplight. In the triad of colors, the movie visually and narratively falls in the tawny, yellow […]
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