May 04 Love0 Avengers: Age of Ultron May be Well-assembled, but the MCU is Turning into a Curse By Jim Rohner Movie Reviews At the genesis of Avengers: Age of Ultron, the titular heroes are assembled, together, united. Whatever word you’d choose to describe it,…Read More
Apr 13 Love0 Why It Follows is the Perfect Cinematic Rorschach Test By Jim Rohner Movie Reviews Sex. Intercourse. Making love. Fucking. Whatever you want to call it, it’s both a biological necessity and arguably the most…Read More
Dec 22 Love0 The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies: One Last Time, Finally By Jim Rohner Movie Reviews There was a young gentleman sitting in front of me during The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies who was apparently…Read More
Dec 08 Love0 Wild: A Screenplay that Struggles with Internalization through Action By Jim Rohner Movie Reviews There has long been a struggle in cinema in how to properly and effectively depict internalizations. The challenge of adapting…Read More
Nov 24 Love0 V/H/S Viral: Proliferation Outweighs Progress By Jim Rohner Movie Reviews These days, any original film idea that makes money will likely be turned into a franchise and any franchise that…Read More
Oct 13 Love0 Dracula Untold: A Film that Need-not Exist By Jim Rohner Movie Reviews Only the first 10-15 minutes of Francis Ford Coppola's 1992 Dracula are concerned with explaining how the anecdotal Dracula (Gary Oldman) of…Read More
Oct 06 Love0 Gone Girl: An Exercise in Darkness and Cynicism By Jim Rohner Movie Reviews "All we ever did was resent each other and argue." "That's marriage." In a film filled with subjective flashbacks…Read More
Sep 29 Love0 The Boxtrolls: Articulate Craftsmanship for the Entire Family By Jim Rohner Movie Reviews Late one night years ago in the town of Cheesebridge, the unthinkable happened: a Boxtroll kidnapped a baby boy. Were…Read More
Aug 31 Love0 Starred Up: Narrative with a Violent, but Addicting Push By Jim Rohner Movie Reviews When I was a kid, I was in no rush to be an adult. Childhood meant fun, whereas adulthood meant…Read More
Aug 24 Love0 The One I Love: A Balancing Act of Two By Jim Rohner Movie Reviews Ethan (Mark Duplass) and Sophie's (Elisabeth Moss) marriage is struggling. Our first introduction to the couple on the rocks is…Read More