Still Alice (2014)
“I know I’m alive.” The song Dance Me To The End Of Love has Leonard Cohen famously singing, “Show me slowly what I only, know the limits of, dance me to the end […]
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The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 (2014)
“No one else can do this but her.” After sitting through Mockingjay – Part 1, it’s incredibly hard to believe that quote. Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence), the girl on fire, […]
Belle (2014)
“How can we expect to be civilized when we live in such a barbaric world?” Period pieces have never been my cup of tea. Whether it’s the dated dialect or […]
A Long Way Down (2014)
“Why wouldn’t I want to throw myself off of a tall building?” I have a clear memory from grade school of the class clown two years above me threatening to […]
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
“This day is so cursed.” We’ve all been there. Those mornings when you wake up and instinctively know that today just isn’t going to be your day no matter how […]
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 […]
This Is Where I Leave You (2014)
“It’s hard to see people from your past when your present is so cataclysmically screwed up.” The “confined family that hates each other” is a niche genre that’s common territory […]
The Maze Runner (2014)
“No one survives a night in the maze.” Nestled somewhere in between The Hunger Games and Divergent series is The Maze Runner. Like those two, it’s centered around young adults and set in a futuristic society. […]
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