Ask Me Anything (2014)
“You need structure.” Judging from the poster for Ask Me Anything, you’d expect some light fare in the realm of an old Audrey Hepburn classic. So I have to ask myself why the […]
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Insurgent (2015)
“We were never the problem. We were the solution.” Honestly, I could not tell you what Insurgent was about if I tried. It’s hard not to feel bad for these actors, forced […]
Faults (2015)
“I’m just waiting for a sign from God.” Faults, like the majority of independent American cinema, searches for a sense of originality and ubiquity by means of distancing itself from its […]
Wild Tales (2014)
“I can’t believe this.” A product of both Argentina and Spain, Wild Tales is an unsettling reverie and one of the most evocative films I have seen in some time. This is […]
The Boy Next Door (2015)
“I love your mother’s cookies.” It’s borderline disturbing and disconcerting that The Boy Next Door, an insult to moviemaking, still manages to remain engrossing while being reductively impractical. The housewife Lifetime channel viewership […]
The Imitation Game (2014)
“If you’re not carefully listening you will miss some things. Important things.” I would not be typing these words or writing this review had it not been for Alan Turing. […]
The Gambler (2014)
“I think you’re the kinda guy who likes to lose.” I’m in the minority when I say that this remake, which is actually more of a reimagining, is a better film […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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