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 […]
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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 […]
John Wick (2014)
“That nobody is John Wick.” It’s been awhile since an action movie came along that didn’t try to be more than it really is, and John Wick is as dynamic […]
The Equalizer (2014)
“You gotta be who you are in this world.” There’s something about old men that are still able to kick ass that is just awesome. Instead of leaving their condominiums […]
Gone Girl (2014)
“What are you thinking?” Ever heard of the Nuclear family? A set of parents and their handful of children that happily live under the same economic and social ideals as […]
Enemy (2014)
“Chaos is order yet undeciphered.” “What the hell did I just watch?” That was my initial thought once it had finished. Enemy is pure surrealist cinema with deep undercurrents flowing in […]
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