Daniel Craig suits up for his fourth mission as Great Britain's most famous secret agent in Spectre. Synopsis: A cryptic message from Bond's past sends him on a trail to uncover a sinister organisation. While M battles political forces to...
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Second Time’s The Charm? Michael Fassbender Intense As Steve Jobs
Two years ago, endowed with a remarkable innate likeness, Ashton Kutcher made an uncharacteristically ambitious attempt at portraying one of the most iconic figures of our time. Despite a who's who cast of appropriately x-gen actors supporting him in...
Brad Bird, Vin Diesel Classic ‘The Iron Giant’ Back In Theaters Wednesday
As an avowed animation skeptic, an endorsement from me is a little like a blessing from the Pope. (New Pope, which in this case is better than Old Pope.) So it isn't something to take lightly when I say...
Candy & Cigarettes: Jason Segel And Jessie Eisenberg’s Impressive Dramatic Turn In ‘The End of the Tour’
Here's the best advice for watching director James Ponsoldt's newest film The End of the Tour: Sit up-close. Another gem from A24 films, Tour is a thoroughly compelling depiction of the 1996 five day road-trip interview of Infinite Jest...
Netflix Suggestions
I was going to write about the Oscars and I had all these notes written out, clever bon mots, but after reading the entirety of the internet's responses there wasn't anything I could have said that hadn't already been said....
Netflix Suggestions
It's cold out and some of you hug the Netflix when it's lower than 30 degrees. Or you may be home sick with an awful chest infection (me) and bored out of your gourd. At any rate, I thought I'd start...
MLK Biopic Selma Marching Towards Inevitable Oscar Glory
[It's] a movie about hope, about people in this country who, when they all come together, can make anything happen. - Dr. Robert J. Jones, SUNY University at Albany President, commenting after a special screening for Selma, Jan. 6th, at Colonie Center. Synopsis:...
The Babadook (2014)
You can't get rid of the Babadook.Occasionally I like to watch scary movies late at night which is a highly intelligent thing to do (that's sarcasm, friends). After hearing several online friends rave about this film, I decided to face...
Laggies, Curious November Counterprogramming
There's a lot to be said for taking chances, and A24 Films continuously proves it. If you've overdosed on Hollywood spectacle, they always have something a bit off-kilter to offer. A24 released Kevin Smith's outlandish horror film Tusk last month - a...
When Denzel Washington’s Does The Math It Always Adds Up To: ‘You’re Dead,’ In Antoine Fuqua’s The Equalizer
Antoine Fuqua's music videos beginnings lend to his very particular cinematic style. From his feature debut with The Replacement Killers, starring Mira Sorvino and Chow Yun-Fat (1996), an abundance of style, color, and scenes flipping between moody atmosphere and frenetic...