Movie Review: Inherent Vice
Paul Thomas Anderson is the filmmaker that every avid film watcher geeks out over. Inherent Vice is critic appointment watching. However, this Anderson film is …
Drama
Movie Review: Selma
2014 was the year of attempting biopics of larger than life people. Frankie Valli’s was terrible. Stephen Hawking’s and James Brown’s were ok. Alan Turing’s …
Movie Review: Exodus: Gods and Kings
Ridley Scott bit off more than he can chew with Exodus: Gods and Kings. The director knew he would have to please the pro-Bible audience …
Movie Review: Wild
Wild puts to rest goody-two-shoes Reese Witherspoon. Cheryl Strayed’s hike along the West Coast is filled with drug use, copious sex, and sailor swearing, which …
Movie Review: Rosewater
Jon Stewart has been of the most important people of the new millennium. He and his Daily Show has openly challenged politicians and their manipulation of …
Movie Review: Foxcatcher
Bennett Miller has certainly put a weird spin on the sports movie. Miller is the director of Moneyball, where the hero of the story is …
Movie Review: The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part I
It is unfair that the Hunger Games gets lumped in with Twilight, Divergent, and other wanna-be franchises because it has similar elements. Suzanne Collins’s novel …
Movie Review: Birdman
Michael Keaton is a washed up star of a megafranchise trying to relaunch his career. Riggan Thompson, the star of Birdman (a superhero franchise), is …
Movie Review: St. Vincent
Bill Murray never quite gets his due from audiences unless he’s in a comedy. That hasn’t stopped Murray from being great in a number of …
Movie Review: Whiplash
Jazz is smooth and mellowing to experience. The jazz in Whiplash is hellish preparation bordering on insanity. Pacing the group are two stellar performances from …