REVIEW: Blitz [2011]
“Do I look like I carry a pencil?” With a name like Blitz and the surly visage of Jason Statham on its poster, one would expect this British flick to be an action-packed romp with little plausibility....
View ArticleREVIEW: The Dark Knight Rises [2012]
“Sometimes the pit sends something back” **Potential thematic spoilers** The trailer for the aptly coined ‘epic’ conclusion to director Christopher Nolan‘s caped crusader trilogy—The Dark Knight...
View ArticleREVIEW: Beneath the Harvest Sky [2014]
“I’ll figure it out” A movie doesn’t always have to be one hundred percent unique to prove effective if those involved propel it above cliché through authenticity. Writer/directors Aron Gaudet and Gita...
View ArticleREVIEW: Calvary [2014]
“I’ve always found forgiveness to be underrated” I’m not a religious man—hell, I’m barely agnostic. I’m also not sure if that truth helps my finding John Michael McDonagh‘s Calvary as powerful as I...
View ArticleREVIEW: Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials [2015]
“Where did you come from? Where are you going? How can I profit?” Full disclosure: I haven’t yet read James Dasher‘s Maze Runner series so I’m not sure if his second installment is as hollow as the...
View ArticleREVIEW: Sing Street [2016]
“Happy sad” Writer/director John Carney emotionally stripped ex-The Frames bandmate Glen Hansard bare in his 2007 feature film Once and now he does it to himself. The hiccup that was an attempt to...
View ArticleREVIEW: King Arthur: Legend of the Sword [2017]
“We all look away” The magic has once again been returned to the lore of Excalibur in a way that brings it closer to World of Warcraft mysticism than Sword in the Stone trickery—for better or worse...
View ArticleREVIEW: Maze Runner: The Death Cure [2018]
“It’s about knowing when you’ve lost” Could you sacrifice a percentage of the population if it meant saving mankind in its entirety? What about if it merely gave you a chance at that salvation? These...
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