Deadshirt’s Top Ten Movies of 2014

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 …

No Jobs, No Hope, and Blood-Soaked Cash in Nightcrawler [Review]

Watching Jake Gyllenhaal as the earnestly amoral Lou Bloom, you’re immediately drawn to his eyes, almost perpetually wide. Gyllenhaal’s subtle yet transparently surface level mannerisms are a huge part of his performance here, but there’s special emphasis on how cartoonishly doe-like his eyes become as Read More …