The Final Girls (2015)
“You wouldn’t catch me dead in a movie.” If The Final Girls proves anything, it’s that movies can be routine while also surprising. Dumb and smart, plain and beautiful. Sometimes the line […]
Steve Jobs (2015)
“People don’t know what they want until you show them.” What you don’t know when you walk into Steve Jobs is that you’re waved in through a revolving door. The movie is […]
Beasts of No Nation (2015)
“Without obedience you have nothing.” Many of us are stationary, whether it be in our thoughts, our surroundings, our primitive nature. It takes courage to really change those. Luckily for […]
99 Homes
“Don’t get emotional about real estate.” Set against the backdrop of the 2010 housing crisis, 99 Homes is a film about the haves and the have nots. About the wide-ranging financial […]
Bridge of Spies (2015)
“Sometimes people think wrong. People are people.” Bridge of Spies is, by most measures, a solid piece of awards season bait. Classically made, told, performed. It’s a good movie, and one […]
Goosebumps (2015)
“Every story ever told can be broken down into three parts. The beginning. The middle. And the twist.” The farther that we delve and we dig into the reasonably innocuous Goosebumps, […]
Pan (2015)
“You are not special, Peter.” I’m starting to think, and maybe even contend, that the tale of Peter Pan is one not meant for the screen. J.M. Barrie’s stage play […]
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 […]
Mississippi Grind (2015)
“This story doesn’t have a happy ending.” When it comes to cards I am a novice. Can barely shuffle, could manage to lose a game of 52 pickup if my […]
I’ll See You in My Dreams (2015)
“You don’t need all them. Just right the way you are.” Throughout I’ll See You in My Dreams, a short and sweet and honest movie about love lost and love found, we […]
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