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 …
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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: Brooklyn
My mom’s side of the family is Irish. Brooklyn’s story is as much about them as it is most American families. Anchored by Saoirse Ronan, Brooklyn …
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: The Hateful Eight
Quentin Tarantino will go down as an all time great filmmaker. His style has ushered in a modern brand of movie making and created endless …
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, …
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, …