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 […]
“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 […]
“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 […]
“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. […]
“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 […]
“God knows that dam wants to come down.” The American Dream is by all means an aspiration filled with both an undeniable access and excess. Cars, homes, clothes, you name […]
“Racing is an art.” Need for Speed is an enjoyably unnecessary film. I can’t imagine very many people played the popular game and thought to themselves, “This would make an awesome movie.” […]
“We’ll be here till the sun comes up.” What is it about vampires that is so seductive and that draws us in so much? That we fawn and romanticize over? […]
“Starred up means you’re leader.” Welcome to the spotlight, Jack O’Connell. As Eric Love, O’Connell delivers a supreme performance in one of the best overall films released this year. Starred Up is an […]
“I just think you have let your troubles get in the way of your entire life.” The entire time watching it I just kept thinking of Once, the 2006 film from writer / […]
“So you want to create a God? Your own God?” Transcendence is exactly one minute short of being two hours long. It finished, I popped it out of my DVD […]