Mar 16 Love0 Why Ideation Trumps Storytelling in Chappie By Brock Wilbur Movie Reviews The film has been out for a week and a half at this point. The IMDb rating is hovering in…Read More
Feb 25 Love0 Ida: The Search for Identity and Creating Captivating Characters By Susan Kouguell Movie Reviews WANDA "You're Jewish." These few words are revelatory in the Oscar-winning Ida, written and directed by Pawel Pawlikowski. The setting;…Read More
Feb 22 Love1 The Tale of Princess Kaguya: Studio Ghibli’s Brightest Film By Nguyen Le Movie Reviews The Cat Returns, Howl’s Moving Castle, Earthsea, Ponyo, Arrietty, Poppy Hill and The Wind Rises – every post-Spirited Away film…Read More
Feb 18 Love0 Whiplash Deserves to Win Best Picture, But It Won’t By Jameson Brown Movie Reviews Andrew "Squeaker" Neimann is a student at the best music conservatory in the nation. If he's not practicing, he's flooding…Read More
Feb 10 Love0 Why The Theory of Everything Has a Chance at the Oscars By Ron Chatterjee Movie Reviews The tagline already tells the incredible life story of a man who went on to answer the ultimate question that…Read More
Feb 09 Love0 Me and Earl and the Dying Girl: From the Rust Belt to Sundance and Back By Michelle Donnelly Movie Reviews It’s a bone-chillingly cold Thursday night in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Only five days earlier, the film showing at the Michigan…Read More
Feb 08 Love0 Jupiter Ascending: A Mesmerizing Crash Landing By Nguyen Le Movie Reviews A 7-month delay and a deflated premiere? Oh, boy. Even so, I still stand by the Wachowskis’ latest, convincing myself…Read More
Feb 04 Love0 American Sniper: A Sober and Grim Psyche Journey By James Powell Movie Reviews Since its nationwide release, controversy has swarmed American Sniper, from ex-soldiers, journalists, authors, political figures, critics and just about everyone on…Read More
Jan 27 Love0 A Most Violent Year: Portrayed with Meaning and Impact By Nguyen Le Movie Reviews And on this day, a month later than its “This Christmas” release date, J.C. Chandor’s third outing is in Houston…Read More
Jan 19 Love0 Predestination: Ethan Hawke and Sarah Snook Reshape the Time Travel Genre By Nguyen Le Movie Reviews Future past, present then, paradoxes, etc. – films about time find joy in giving you a headache and the search…Read More