[Review] Deadpool

Superhero fatigue: It’s a very real thing, especially at the beginning of a year in which we’ll see Deadpool, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Captain America: Civil War, X-Men: Apocalypse, Suicide Squad, and Doctor Strange representing the superhero film genre. By now, we’ve grown tired of the standard Marvel formula, as showcased by the less-than-stellar reviews of Ant-Man and Avengers: Age of […]

[Review] The Martian

Space has been the “final frontier” for decades, yet it’s only been in recent years where a steady in flux of space-centric films have been able to find the critical and commercial success that their B-movie forefathers only dreamed about. Following in line with similar films like 2013’s Gravity and 2014’s Interstellar comes Ridley Scott’s most recent foray into the stars: The […]

[Review] We Are Your Friends

Close your eyes and think back to all of the various stages of your life, and I can almost guarantee you that each one is segmented into the type of music you were listening to, whether it was a specific band, genre, song, or what have you. Needless to say, music plays an important role […]

[Review] Shaun The Sheep Movie

This review is being re-posted to coincide with its U.S. release. Aardman’s wonderful plasticine productions have never worked quite as well in the cinema as they do on television. In part that’s because their television work includes the immaculate The Wrong Trousers, arguably the most perfectly paced and ambitiously staged animated shorts ever produced. And […]

[Review] Felt

This review for Felt is being re-posted to coincide with the film’s VOD release. In an age where rape culture is more visible than ever thanks to film, television, and the Internet using the aggressive act as a plot device, it’s apparent now more than ever we need narratives that help break down the emotional and […]

[Review] The Stanford Prison Experiment

This review was originally published as part of our Sundance Film Festival 2015 coverage. It is being re-posted to coincide with the film’s limited theatrical release. By now, most adults are familiar with the Stanford prison experiment. In 1971, a study was conducted to explore the psychological effects of prisoners and guards in a simulated […]

[Review] Mr. Holmes

Detective characters are often stand-ins for writers, and sometimes vice versa. The work of solving a mystery, like writing a tricky story, involves putting disparate pieces together into some form that logically holds together and seems true, no matter how improbable. Adapted from the novel A Slight Trick of the Mind by Mitch Cullin, Mr. […]

[Review] Glass Chin

I’m a sucker for boxing films. Ever since Rocky Balboa’s glory days, just mentioning boxing in a film has me sold from day one. But not every boxing film is made equal. When a boxing film tries to break down the mentality of the boxer therein, there’s an increased potential to fall apart completely. There’s […]