Creed (2015)
“I’m afraid of taking on the name and losing.” There is little doubt in my mind that people will flock to theaters thinking that they’re going to watch a new […]
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Brooklyn (2015)
“Home is home.” The thing about Brooklyn that lingers with you most is its honesty. A story with simple sensibilities, straightforwardly told, classically made. It may be a fictitious picture, but you […]
Room (2015)
“We all have the same strong.” Too often we forget that the world – our rendering and no one else’s – is seen through our eyes, at our height, at […]
Call Me Lucky (2015)
“I remember not really getting the depth of what Barry had been through.” One of the greatest strengths of documentary filmmaking, and perhaps the most important, is the medium’s intuitive […]
The Night Before (2015)
“Sometimes, being uncomfortable can be a good thing.” The Night Before is a sloppy movie and as atypical of your standard clichéd Christmas fodder as you can get. Parts sag under […]
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 (2015)
“Mockingjay, may your aim be as true as your heart is pure.” In my review of the previous installment in The Hunger Games franchise, I applauded its technical prowess while deriding its […]
I Smile Back (2015)
“Nobody tells you that it’s terrifying to love something so much.” I Smile Back is one of those movies that has unknown depth to it, unable to really dive down or […]
Love the Coopers (2015)
“I have a fear that I’m an impostor.” I’m an easy sucker for Christmas movies, the good and the bad, and it’s my favorite time of the year because of the […]
Mistress America (2015)
“You can’t really know what it is to want things until you’re at least 30.” With Mistress America, the second wide release feature this year from Noah Baumbach following While We’re Young, the filmmaker has […]
Nasty Baby (2015)
“Just use this as an opportunity to calm down.” Nasty Baby is a film that sets out to alienate its audience. We first meet a performance artist named Freddy (played by […]
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