Movie Review: Rob Peace
Rob Peace leads me to feelings of anger and frustration. Generally not towards the movie, which I think is excellent. No. Instead…why was this great …
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Movie Review: Daughters
You don’t stop being a father in jail. For the dads in this movie, there are Daughters out there, wishing, hoping, for their chance to …
Movie Review: Sing Sing
The Shawshank Redemption. The minute that 1994 masterpiece went on TNT, it became the gold standard that we would compare to all other prison movies. …
Movie Review: The Mustang
The Mustang travels a similar path that The Rider did last year. Here’s a film who’s metaphors are hilariously on the nose, but the melodrama …
Movie Review: Unbroken
Louis Zamperini was an amazing man: a giant example more people need to follow. Unbroken tracks the runner’s odyssey through a series of horrific tests on his …
Movie Review: Rosewater
Jon Stewart has been of the most important people of the new millennium. He and his Daily Show has openly challenged politicians and their manipulation of …
Movie Review: The House I Live In
The “war on drugs” is a term that I can remember since I was a kid, mostly from the “this is your brain on drugs” …
Movie Review: Toy Story 3
Toy Story 3 is Pixar’s piece de resistance. Coupling the originality of the first Toy Story with the pathos of the second one, Toy Story …
Movie Review: Lockout
Lockout is the poor man’s Taken, which is not a good start since Taken is the poor man’s Die Hard. It wastes its great premise, …