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: The Judge
Robert Downey Jr. Robert Duvall. Vera Farmiga. Billy Bob Thornton. Vincent D’Onofrio. The Judge sounds pretty can’t miss with that cast right? While being passably …
Movie Review: Gone Girl
David Fincher is one of the most talented and stylized directors working today. His movies, no matter the subject matter, elevate whatever source material Fincher …
Movie Review: The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them
Breakups are terrible to witness. The heat of the moment results in some nasty things being said, and the realization of the end of something …
Movie Review: The Drop
In order to hold a viewer’s attention, violence punctuates thrillers earlier and earlier in the movies today. In that way, The Drop is old school: …
Movie Review: The Skeleton Twins
Saturday Night Live cast members have a difficult time making critically acclaimed non-comedic movies. Being seen for so long as the top tier of the …
Movie Review: Love Is Strange
Love Is Strange could have been another story about love triumphing in the most magical place in the world: New York City. By repackaging a familiar story …
Movie Review: Calvary
The Catholic Church hasn’t exactly had a smooth go of it the last couple decades, much of it self-inflicted. As more news of their hidden …
Movie Review: Happy Christmas
Anna Kendrick exudes adorable. Happy Christmas allows Kendrick to take her persona and twist it into a basket case recovering from a breakup. Joe Swanberg …
Movie Review: Boyhood
On TV and at the movies, we are mostly told that the big events help shape our lives and leave the greatest impressions. We also …