Movie Review: Spotlight
All The President’s Men set the movie standard for investigative journalism. Since that feature, there have been several decades of movies about reporters, some good, …
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Movie Review: The Big Short
Full disclosure: The Big Short by Michael Lewis is one of the best books I’ve read since I left school. It is also one of …
Movie Review: The Danish Girl
The Danish Girl is a serious movie about serious people directed and produced by serious artists. Like any Oscar movie that knows how important 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: SPECTRE
If this is Daniel Craig’s swansong as James Bond, the title could not be more apt. Spectre is a solid entry into the Bond canon, …
Movie Review: Inside Out
Inside Out will be shown in COLLEGE psychology classes for decades. To remedy Pixar’s recent downturn, the creative team summoned their favorite doctor: Pete Docter, …
Movie Review: Carol
Carol is grade A Oscar bait. Morally conflicted young lesbian meets older lesbian in the 1950s to discover herself despite societal judgment? You can practically see …
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: The Walk
Philippe Petit is a fascinating man. He’s the French tightroper who walked in between the World Trade Center towers in 1974. Petit’s life is already …
Movie Review: Sicario
Sicarios are Latin American Hitmen. After the title card gets that out of the way, Director Dennis Villeneuve takes us down a desolate, tense, morally …