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 …
Drama
Movie Review: Short Term 12
The coming out party for Brie Larson is complete. After delightful turns in Scott Pilgrim vs. The World, 21 Jump Street, and The Spectacular Now, …
Movie Review: Blue Jasmine
Yuck. The sum of Blue Jasmine’s parts – acting, character development, storytelling – are significantly greater than the whole of Woody Allen’s new film. The …
Movie Review: Drinking Buddies
Drinking Buddies revels in the silence between conversations. The love triangle between Olivia Wilde, Anna Kendrick, and Jake Johnson is a well acted and keenly …
Movie Review: The Spectacular Now
Teen comedies became a genre after John Hughes defined it back in the 1980s. Since then, there have been many attempts to capture the combination …
Movie Review: Fruitvale Station
Fruitvale Station is coming out at a time where it is extremely relevant in society today with the George Zimmerman/Trayvon Martin case. Oscar Grant’s personal …
Movie Review: The Bling Ring
Hermione Granger in da club!! The Bling Ring is about a group of teenage kleptomaniac so obsessed with seeing and being seen, that they decided …
Movie Review: Red Dawn
Red Dawn in 1984 was relevant and at times chilling. The threat of Russia invading the US at the time was real and terrifying. Now, …
Movie Review: The Great Gatsby
The Great Gatsby is on the short list of the greatest American novels of all time. It is a stunning portrayal of the highs and …
Movie Review: Upstream Color
Writer/Director/Producer/Editor/(Botanist?) Shane Carruth’s Upstream Color is almost the opposite of his Sundance breakthrough, Primer. The latter is a verbose overly plot driven low-budget thriller about …