Movie Review: The Past
Asghar Farhadi is one of the best directors out there that can inject suspense out of an everyday problem that people have to deal with. …
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Movie Review: Philomena
Philomena is a strange mixture: a mystery, British comedy, and buddy road trip all rolled into one. Director Stephen Frears remains honest to the original …
Movie Review: Frozen
Frozen is delightfully old school. The latest production from Disney is based on an old fairy tale, features a couple of cute creatures, has some …
Movie Review: Dallas Buyers Club
Alright alright alright. Dallas Buyers Club posits Ron Woodroof (Matthew McConaughey) as an Oskar Schindler type for AIDS patients and homosexuals against the FDA. That …
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 …
Movie Review: Captain Phillips
Captain Phillips should not work. In today’s version of a thriller, you need crazy stunts, over-the-top dialogue, and a mono-e-mono battle between the lead villain …
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: Lee Daniels’ The Butler
The Butler serves the same purpose as Forrest Gump: it tells the story of America through the eyes of one person. In this case, the …
Movie Review: Les Miserables
Les Miserables is less a musical and more of an opera. Most of the lines are sung, and there are no breaks for big dance …
Movie Review: Amour
Love means never having to say you’re sorry. It is better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all. Love is …