Film is an entertainment medium that, by its very nature, tends to reward the viewer in rewatch. Sometimes movies even reveal to us how we’ve grown or changed since we last saw them. Our own Max Robinson reassesses old favorites, seasonal classics, and the occasional oddball lost under the couch in his monthly Read More …
Diversity and representation have long been a serious issue in the film industry, and 12 Years A Slave winning some Oscars hasn’t exactly changed that. Outside of that prestigious anomaly, people rarely imagine black film to be much more than gangster movies, cookout comedies, and Tyler Perry. Our very own Dominic Read More …
The opening of the third and final installment of Peter Jackson’s Middle Earth prequel trilogy has to be one of the most bewildering experiences I’ve ever had in a movie theater. It picks up right where the prior film ended, with big-ass dragon Smaug (Benedict Read More …
This year, we saw the ongoing war between expensive, studio-minded blockbuster releases and smaller, more adult fare rage on in the multiplexes. A supposed dearth of quote unquote R E A L cinema coupled with the increasing sequel/prequel/reboot/remakeification of movies bred a lot of contempt Read More …
We’re spending the month of December looking back at some of the great new releases that we missed out on reviewing earlier this year. This is The Rest of 2014. In this day and age, it’s probably a lot easier to fall in love with things Read More …
We’re spending the month of December looking back at some of the great new releases that we missed out on reviewing earlier this year. This is The Rest of 2014. There was no shortage of animated films this year. Less expensive production costs have made turnaround Read More …
We’re spending the month of December looking back at some of the great new releases that we missed out on reviewing earlier this year. This is The Rest of 2014. There’s a certain kind of indie film I tend to avoid, and based solely on what Read More …
The Babadook, the first feature film from Australian writer-director Jennifer Kent, is terrifying almost to the point of nausea. In terms of execution, Kent opts for steady, dependable tricks of the trade. The Babadook is a slow burn that doesn’t reveal its monster until it needs to. When it Read More …
There’s never been a better excuse to watch as many noir films as humanly possible than the cinephile community’s current favorite portmanteau. Deadshirt has decided to throw in with a month of essays highlighting some of our favorite works in the pantheon for Noirvember… We’ve been Read More …
Readers of Suzanne Collin’s Hunger Games trilogy have long been aware that the third installment of the series, Mockingjay, is a bit of a letdown compared to the electric first two. The disappointment lies mainly with the lack of the bloody tournament of the series’ title, the Hunger Games Read More …