Annie (2014)
“There she is, our own little orphan Annie.” With the latest take on the iconic orphan, Annie manages to squander a wealth of onscreen talent and deliver a flat story […]
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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 […]
Top Five (2014)
“Not on camera, it doesn’t exist.” There is no better time for film than the end of December. Countless movies are purposefully released at the climax of the calendar year […]
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them (2014)
“Do you ever wonder why we fall in love with a specific person?” The vast majority of us have had the loves of our lives enter and just as easily exit […]
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 […]
Happy Christmas (2014)
“You think you could babysit for a few hours?” Take paint thinner to the often glossy and extravagant holiday films and you’ll find yourself with Happy Christmas. Not a whole lot happens, […]
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 […]
Beyond the Lights (2014)
“We’re selling fantasy here, and suicide ain’t sexy.” Movies like this just don’t get made anymore. Beyond the Lights borrows from its own title and elevates its conventional and formulaic story to […]
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 […]
The Theory of Everything (2014)
“What’s the probability?” The Theory of Everything can be summed up in one word: serviceable. The Oscar worthy lead performances standout, but besides that this is a pretty average tale about […]
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