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…
Room (2015) The Plot: A young woman, Joy (Brie Larson), and her five-year-old son Jack (Jacob Tremblay) have spent his entire life (and a little longer in her case) in captivity, confined to a single small room. Despite these conditions, Joy tries to raise her son as a normal human. They play games, she tells…
I hated Birdman. The best review I read of the film opened by calling its writer/director Alejandro Gonzalez Iñárritu a talentless fraud. This more or less hit the nail on the head. I’ve endured lengthy conversations with numerous people who liked or disliked Birdman to varying degrees, wanting to know exactly what I found so…
So, Westerns seem to be coming back a bit, eh? Well… the Western setting. Westerns, I think, as they existed in the 30s-60s, will never truly return. I quite like Westerns, but I don’t particularly miss them. The selection we got from those decades are enough for me. The tone and spirit has changed too…
A few years ago I reviewed (and subsequently would not stop talking about) a sad Danish movie called The Hunt, directed by Thomas Vinterberg and starring Danish Superstar Mads Mikkelsen. It is with a heavy heart that I report to you that my reason for bringing this up now is sadly unrelated to Danish Superstar…
Do you ever get sick of people asking you about your New Year’s Resolutions? Everyone talks about them this time of year, but how many people actually follow through? When 2017 rolls around and you have to make new resolutions, and you have to reflect upon the successes and failures of 2016, will you even…
Well, Christmas has come and gone. Someone—and I genuinely can’t remember which someone right now—once told me that Boxing Day is the most depressing day of the year, since it is the furthest away you can get from the upcoming Christmas. Well, you can all relax now. Boxing Day, too, has come and gone and…
Rooster Illusion 