Film Review: Crimson Peak

Guillermo del Toro bounces back from the let down of Pacific Rim (a movie I like) with Crimson Peak, a “gothic romance with ghosts” that delivers exactly on that promise.

Film Review: The Walk

The Walk finds Robert Zemeckis fighting against the superior documentary on the same subject, Man on Wire, but his realization of the titular walk is worth the price of admission.

Film Review: Beasts of No Nation

Beasts of No Nation is an often unflinching look at an African country’s war-torn, State vs. Rebels conflict, that director Cary Joji Fukunaga can’t quite bring together into something great.

Film Review: The Keeping Room

The Keeping Room has a pretty solid premise at its core, but for almost every moment that works I was thrown off by something else.

Film Review: Sicario

Sicario is a tense and brutal dive into the underbelly of the US & Mexican Cartel drug war, pulling no punches as it evolves into something more.

Film Review: The Martian

The Martian is an entertaining adventure on Mars, with a fantastic turn by Matt Damon at the center of a lot of drama.

Dissecting Avengers: Age of Ultron

Age of Ultron is now readily available for everyone at home, and a lot of its naysayers best give it a second look.

Film Review: Everest

I feel like I’ve been saying this a lot lately about “based on a true story” films, but Everest is no different: some stories, as worth telling as they are, just don’t make the best movies. Taken as inspiration? Sure. But a truthful retelling just doesn’t quite work on the big screen as far as […]

Film Review: Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials

If you caught my review of the second novel in James Dashner’s Maze Runner series then you’re well aware that I wasn’t that excited for the film adaptation. As much as I love watching Dylan O’Brien, I just couldn’t imagine the two hours being worth it with that story tagging along. But surprise! It didn’t […]

Film Review: Mistress America

Mistress America sees Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach re-team for another solid comedy that explores two peoples’ transition into two separate phases of adulthood.