Film Review: Inherent Vice

Inherent Vice is an epic and hazy descent into a weird and wonderful 70’s LA world and Paul Thomas Anderson happily takes us there.

Off The Shelf: Review of The Night Eternal (The Strain Book 3)

Moving straight from The Fall to The Night Eternal in my one-woman book club, I didn’t have to wait long to get an ending to Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan’s The Strain trilogy. Thoughts? It may not be Salem’s Lot, but it’s good enough. “Good enough.”

Film Review: Into the Woods (2014)

Into The Woods is an entertaining and fun musical that feels like it just missed being something truly great.

Film Review: Unbroken

There is no question that Louis Zamperini, the inspiration for the film Unbroken, lived through a long list of crazy experiences that would break most people. To put it simply, he is an inspiration; an inspiration with a story that deserves to be told. But even the craziest life doesn’t make the best movie when it […]

Off the Shelf: Review of The Fall (The Strain Book 2)

In a previous post I may have mentioned being pretty excited for the adaptation of The Strain from book to TV. Did I watch it? No… But I did read the sequel! That’s gotta count for something…

Dissecting The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

Peter Jackson brings his Hobbit trilogy to a close with The Battle of the Five Armies, and it is the hardest to call a singular film in this new trilogy.

Film Review: Zero Motivation

Zero Motivation is a subversive look at the prestigious Israeli Military and a funny tale of female friendship.

Film Review: A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night

Ana Lily Amirpour’s A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night is a promising feature debut, full of style, amazing music and an inspired take on the vampire genre.

Film Review: The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1

Don’t get me wrong, I love The Hunger Games series. However, I equally hate books being broken down into multiple movies. So as much as it pains me to say it, it comes as little surprise that on its own, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 just doesn’t get the job done.

Film Review: Foxcatcher

Foxcatcher is an actors’ showcase that might need to decide what it wants to be about, and who it wants to be about.