Movie Review: Barbershop: The Next Cut
I’ve always been fascinated by the attraction of a barbershop to the African American community, probably because there is no equivalent place like it in …
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Movie Review: The Jungle Book
Welcome back, Mowgli and Baloo. The Jungle Book, Disney’s latest animated-to-CGI adaptation, brings us back to the jungle. Director Jon Favreau creates a place as …
Movie Review: Midnight Special
The best mark of a good director is consistency. Any director an get lucky once (you heard me, Zack Snyder), but if your product is …
Movie Review: Hail, Caesar!
The Coen Brothers would be my first choice to direct a farce on 1950s Hollywood Studios. Their love of old films and specific brand of …
Movie Review: The Revenant
Congratulations, Academy. Is this what you wanted? All Leo DiCaprio wants is one Oscar, and as one of the best actors of his generation, he …
Movie Review: Anomalisa
Charlie Kaufman is responsible for more thought provoking original filmmaking than most other moviemakers dream of. No wonder his movies come out so sporadically; it …
Movie Review: Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Star Wars : The Force Awakens comes in with more hype than The Dark Knight Rises, and that’s saying something. But once John Williams score starts, …
Movie Review: Room
Room affirms life, if you let it affect you. Despite the appearance of bleak subject matter (probably SPOILERS AHEAD), the movie digs deep to discover …
Movie Review: Dope
Dope is its title. This film is a little gem of weird for Hollywood, inspiring many Hmms? and Huhs? without you realizing the smile is …
Movie Review: Good Kill
Drones aren’t going away anytime soon. This new addition to modern warfare adds some science fiction to America’s fighting overseas. So who better to tell …