The Breakdown: Fantastic Four Official Teaser Trailer

For a while now it seems as if most superhero film related updates have come with lots of necessity for heavy sighs and rage quitting the internet to get away from the news. I know I’m not alone in this. Most scowling has been directed at Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, but Fantastic Four has […]

The Human Experience as Depicted in Boyhood and Under the Skin

Boyhood and Under the Skin are two of the best films of 2014. The deeper meanings of the films could be interpreted many different ways, however both films applied innovative methods to provide us with a perspective on the human experience.

Film Review: The Duke of Burgundy

The Duke of Burgundy is a bizarre and beautiful experience that explores a couple’s BDSM relationship with a pitch black sense of humor.

Film Review: Selma

Selma brutally and effectively brings a landmark moment in our country’s civil rights movement to the screen in an emotionally powerful film.

Film Review: A Most Violent Year

A Most Violent Year sees J.C. Chandor’s guiding a successful slow burn crime drama that makes the most of its big moments and star Oscar Isaac.

Film Review: Still Alice

Still Alice features fine performances, but the film’s insights into early onset Alzheimer’s are neither inventive or all that illuminating.

Film Review: Blackhat

Going in I didn’t expected to fully understand what occurs in Blackhat because I know nothing about hacking and coding, but the lack of a previous understanding of this skill-set is not what makes this film nonsensical. It’s that it’s just bad.

Dissecting American Sniper

American Sniper is an effective and often thrilling film, but the opaque nature of the film’s politics have us wondering how to read its messages.

The Breakdown: Avengers: Age of Ultron Trailer 2

There is a new Avengers: Age of Ultron trailer on the loose! Watch it and follow along as my mind breaks down what I do not understand.

HST 2014 in Review: Movies

A week or two has passed now since most sites have posted their end of the year write-ups, and I still find myself debating what to put on my movie list. After much self degradation I have finally come to terms with the fact that my list will be nothing like that of the Oscar’s […]