Last year I struggled to make a top ten list because I had a hard time picking ten movies I actually liked. With the exception of a few irreplaceable gems, 2014 sucked. I had difficulty yet again compiling such a list, but this time because too many good movies came out in 2015. 2015 was…
Of the infamous Star Wars prequel trilogy, George Lucas has often said that the three movies were like poetry, each film rhyming with its equivalent in the original trilogy. With all due respect to Mr. Lucas (who seems a thoroughly decent fellow), the claims to cinematic rhyme fit better on The Force Awakens than the trilogy he wrote and directed. The Force…
Ex Machina (2015) The Plot: Upon winning an employee lottery at the largest software company in the world, Caleb (Domhnall Gleeson), a young programmer, gets an all-expenses-paid visit to the isolated pseudo-futuristic home of the company’s founder and president, Nathan (Oscar Isaac). Before long, Caleb realizes that his reward is far from a comfortable vacation…
Ah, it’s that time again: Time for a somewhat obligatory Top 10 list. I know it’s late, posted mid-February and only a week before the Oscars, but I must confess, I nearly didn’t do a list this year. I know, shocking. What would you have done? Where would you have been? Without a Top 10…
Poor Oscar Isaac. “What do you mean, Second Breakfast Guy? Oscar Isaac has a great career just kicking off. He’s worked with some amazingly talented people like Nicholas Winding Refn and the Coen Brothers, and he has a starring role in the upcoming Star Wars movie. What do you mean, ‘Poor Oscar Isaac’?” A lot…
Inside Llewyn Davis (2013): The Plot: A folk musician (Oscar Isaac) in 60s New York City couch surfs through life in the wake of his former partner’s suicide, lashing out at friends and strangers as his career goes nowhere. There is also a cat, a drug-addicted jazz musician (John Goodman), and an affair with Carey…
The summer is almost upon us! Iron Man 3, Star Trek Into Darkness, The Wolverine, Man of Steel, Pacific Rim, Monsters University, Fast & Furious 6, The Great Gatsby, World War Z, The Hangover Part III, After Earth, Despicable Me 2, This Is the End, Now You See Me, The Bling Ring, Kick-Ass 2, The…
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