Film Review: Mad Max: Fury Road

Mad Max: Fury Road is an insane and brilliant vision from George Miller, full of endless imagination as it keeps raising the bar on the impossible.

Film Review: Pitch Perfect 2

Pitch Perfect is one of my favorite films. Calm down, AFI 100 Greatest Film aficionados, I didn’t say it’s the best film; Citizen Kane can rest easy lackadaisically gliding through a bed of roses on an all terrain sled since movies aren’t graded based on the number of times I’ve seen them. But if they […]

Film Review: The Water Diviner

The Water Diviner is an enjoyable piece of historical fiction and a solid debut for director Russell Crowe.

Film Review: Maggie

Maggie is an attempt to take a new perspective on the zombie genre, but the results are too unfocused despite its intentions.

Film Review: Avengers: Age of Ultron

Avengers: Age of Ultron is stuffed full of characters, solid action and interesting ideas, but on a first viewing it might be a bit too much to wrap your head around.

Film Review: Ex Machina

Ex Machina is a fantastic debut from writer/director Alex Garland, whose sci-fi vision is as strong as anyone’s working in film today.

Film Review: Lost River

Ryan Gosling’s directorial debut, Lost River, is a dark tale about fighting for your family and the lengths we are willing to go to keep it together.

Film Review: Man from Reno

Man from Reno is a fantastic, bifurcated detective tale that is full of mystery and secrets from the most unexpected of places.

Film Review: Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter

Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter is an interesting character study of someone going insane, but its pitch black humor can’t overcome the often abstract nature of the film.

Film Review: It Follows

It Follows is a fresh spin on the horror/slasher genre that deals in building affective tension while not relying on jump scares and music crescendos (most of the time).