So, as many of you know, I am a college student, and shall remain in this state of being for a few more months. Attending a college comes with many things, including a bunch of people expecting you to partake in community events. My university is particularly keen on participation in festivals, celebrations, awareness weeks,…
This week, I felt like taking a break from all the new releases and critically acclaimed films of yesteryear. Now, who wants to read about a deliberately-paced Western? Guys? Where did everybody—ah, what the hell. Appaloosa (2008): The Plot: When bad guy rancher Randall Bragg (Jeremy Irons) guns down the sheriff and the deputies in cold…
I’m still reeling a bit from The Lego Movie. I’ll calm down soon, I promise. Time marches on and movies just keep coming out. Like, all the time, and if we want to stay afloat as film review site in the incredibly cutthroat industry of film review sites (someone from the competition shot a gun…
I’m a big fan of survival movies. The triumph of the human spirit thing is cool and all, but for me it’s the weather. The sheer, uncaring force of the elements bearing down on poor, ragged humans who can only endure and hope for some Deus Ex Machina to come their way. Maybe it’s because…
The few, the proud, the “those with nothing better to do” among you probably know by now that I always begin my articles with a completely pointless introductory paragraph before I approach my obligatory plot summary. Not this time, folks. I’m reviewing The Lego Movie this week and I cannot postpone my excitement. I’m getting…
The problem with Oscar movies is that they are incredibly hyped up by virtue of critical acclaim, and then, if the movie isn’t quite as great as the nominations imply, that can be devastating to how the viewer takes the movie. This wasn’t so much an issue with, say, Gravity or 12 Years a Slave or American…
Before I get into the meat of this thing, some backstory: You’re Next was made in 2011, then spent two years stuck in development hell. It finally got a brief theatrical release in 2013, following an enthusiastic advertising campaign focused mainly on the scary guys with animal masks. What that—and the trailers—failed to convey is…
