Movie Review: Selma
2014 was the year of attempting biopics of larger than life people. Frankie Valli’s was terrible. Stephen Hawking’s and James Brown’s were ok. Alan Turing’s …
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Movie Review: Citizenfour
The NSA scandal is one of the great faults of the Obama presidency, and one of the defining debates of the internet age. Citizenfour is …
Movie Review: Boyhood
On TV and at the movies, we are mostly told that the big events help shape our lives and leave the greatest impressions. We also …
Movie Review: Her
Her will be remembered as Spike Jonze’s masterpiece. Jonze doesn’t work often in movies, but when he does, they are usually something interesting (Where the …
Movie Review: How to Survive a Plague
AIDS was a plague for the gay community. When you are infected with a plague, you become ostracized, victimized, and isolated by the general populous …
Movie Review: Gravity
The vastness of space is something movies will talk about, but usually struggle to show, the best examples being Star Wars or 2001: A Space …
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: 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: Short Term 12
The coming out party for Brie Larson is complete. After delightful turns in Scott Pilgrim vs. The World, 21 Jump Street, and The Spectacular Now, …
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 …