Movie Review: Pride
Pride is the injection the movies needed. 2014’s fall season has been filled with bleak nihilistic films about the poor state of the world. Pride …
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Movie Review: Kill the Messenger
Investigative journalism seems like a nightmare as an occupation. Yes, you get to stand on the moral high ground, but that ground is constantly under …
Movie Review: Get On Up
It would seem the biggest risk for Get On Up should be finding someone who can capture the magnetism and style of James Brown, the …
Movie Review: Million Dollar Arm
Disney is hoping for people to write as many positive baseball puns as it can about Million Dollar Arm. This family film, when focused on …
Movie Review: The Wolf of Wall Street
Leo DiCaprio gets to play a modern-day version of Jay Gatsby (who he played earlier this year) in the Wolf of Wall Street. Director Martin …
Movie Review: Philomena
Philomena is a strange mixture: a mystery, British comedy, and buddy road trip all rolled into one. Director Stephen Frears remains honest to the original …
Movie Review: Saving Mr. Banks
Much like author P. L. Travers, Saving Mr. Banks spends the majority of its time trying to get us to like it. You poor film: …
Movie Review: Dallas Buyers Club
Alright alright alright. Dallas Buyers Club posits Ron Woodroof (Matthew McConaughey) as an Oskar Schindler type for AIDS patients and homosexuals against the FDA. That …
Movie Review: 12 Years a Slave
Slavery is an unsettling part of Americana most people like to sweep under the rug. Until recently, the horrors of the institution were relegated to …
Movie Review: Captain Phillips
Captain Phillips should not work. In today’s version of a thriller, you need crazy stunts, over-the-top dialogue, and a mono-e-mono battle between the lead villain …