Rating: 4/5 Politics and Elvis rarely share the same sentence. Maybe even less so Watergate and Elvis. Yet Liza Johnson’s newest tongue-and-cheek comedy “Elvis & Nixon” collides West Wing with rock and roll in a […]
“Everybody Wants Some” Is Far More than Jocks and Girls
Rating: 5/5 Movies about “nothing” are really hard to pull off, yet director Richard Linklater consistently finds depth and meaning in overlooked moments, particularly in his newest 80’s college baseball comedy, “Everybody Wants Some.” Linklater’s […]
Quirky, Fun Tragedy in “Hello, My Name is Doris”
Rating 4.5/5 Good lifestyle movies welcome the viewer into a new, believable world, filled with detail, and that is exactly what “Hello, My Name is Doris” achieves. Directed by Michael Showalter (“Wet Hot American Summer” […]
Abrams’ Newest 10 Cloverfield Lane Muddled, Vague
Rating: 2.5/5 JJ Abrams was very busy this year. Unfortunately, maybe a little too busy to make sure his newest production, 10 Cloverfield Lane, stands out. A first-time feature by director Dan Trachtenberg, this quasi-Cloverfield […]
The Witch: Unparalleled, Mystical Terror
Rating: 4.5/5 There aren’t many genuinely creepy witch movies (besides maybe Blair Witch Project, which might make you sick). But 2015 Sundance Directing Award winner Robert Eggers delivers one of the most historically accurate, chilling […]
Coen Brothers’ Latest Film, Hail, Caesar! Falls a Bit Flat
Rating: 2/5 Movies about Hollywood have become their own genre, with films like Adaptation, Sunset Boulevard, or Singin’ in the Rain pulling the glamorous cover off of the film industry’s ugly past. The celebrated Coen […]
Report from Sundance: Virtual Reality is a Hit
“Which one would you like to try?” “’Come?’ I think that’s it.” She looks confused. “The porn one.” “Oh, okay,” she replies, adjusting headphones and a Samsung Gear Virtual Reality (VR) headset over my face. […]
The Danish Girl: Too Delicate?
Rating: 3.5/5 “Beautiful” and ‘poignant’ describe “The Danish Girl” perfectly, yet its delicacy serves as both the film’s strength and weakness. I don’t usually like to read other reviews, but this time, I wanted outside […]
“Joy” is Genuine but Screams its Themes
Rating: 4.5/5 Rewriting history from a matriarch’s point of view is exactly what “Joy” intends and succeeds in doing; I just wish the filmakers trusted me enough to reach that conclusion on my own. Almost […]
SUBTERRA: Touch and be touched
Sight is one of the most dominant human senses, and the audiodrama SUBTERRA, oddly by robbing this sense, gives rise to new, uncanny hyperawareness. “Being blindfolded heightened… your awareness of your body in space,” reveals […]