“Zombieland: Double Tap” is worth the wait

In the past decade or so, audiences have been devoured by hordes of zombie movies and TV-shows like “The Walking Dead.”  This subversive sub-genre that used to be defined...

You’re not ready for “Ready or Not”

What do you get when you mix an unsuspecting bride with a sadistic family of incredibly wealthy inlaws, who play a certain childhood game with a deadly twist in order to keep...

The Twilight series and movies

Biting into “Twilight” – the books, the controversies, the phenomena If you haven’t come across the infamous “Twilight” series by author Stephenie Meyer, then “Where the hell have...

Album Review: Imploding the Mirage by The Killers

If Romantic poet William Blake illustrated his take on the famous painting "American Progress," he likely would’ve come up with something like the album cover from The Killers’ newest record, "Imploding the...

The Lighthouse: an instant classic

Few films are released every year that possess storytelling and cinematography that are equally unique, entrancing, challenging and timeless. Some years, no films like this are released.  It is...

“The Gentlemen,” kinetic, cheeky and relentless

Few filmmakers have been as controversial among cinephiles as Guy Ritchie, the English director behind cinema legends like “Snatch,” “Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels” and “Sherlock Holmes,” and behind critical duds...

A dystopia of human excellence in “Gattaca”

Before getting into the thick of things, we must ask the reader to forgive us for sounding a bit pretentious as we lay some principles of proper science fiction. 

“Dark Waters” a legal thriller that swims against the tide

Over Thanksgiving break, the thrilling based-on-true-events drama “Dark Waters” hit the cinema, and it was certainly worth the theater price. As a well-paced, skillfully acted, and incredibly evocative film, “Dark Waters” exceeds...

“The New Mutants” An awkward amalgam of a movie

With the immense success of “The Fault in Our Stars” in 2014, writer/director Josh Boone began ascending the ladder in Hollywood and set his sights on making a film that combined his...

Moving towards marvelous: “The Falcon and the Winter Soldier”

Last Friday, the final episode of "The Falcon and the Winter Soldier," Marvel Studios’ second limited series to be released on Disney+, was aired. Spoilers to follow. You have been warned. 

Belonging in “The Breakfast Club”

Most of us are familiar with a very stereotypical experience: the high school retreat. You are taken out to a random cabin in the middle of the woods, the food isn’t great,...

“Tenet:” a study in protagonists

Throughout modern film, the nature of the protagonist has drastically changed with the popularization of anti-heroes and blurred lines between good and evil. Christopher Nolan’s “Tenet” is fundamentally a study of the...

An eclectic electric Spotify suggestion: “A Freak Grows in Brooklyn”

Fellow Spotify users and addicts alike are surely familiar with the experience of the black rabbit hole: scrolling through suggestions and playlists, created by the official Spotify account or by randos, looking...

“Quarantine” delivers scares as an effective but derivative thriller

In this time of worry over the coronavirus, when people either overexaggerate the situation or ignore it entirely, a bit of bluntness and irony can be refreshing.  If you’re...

The “Joker” is no joke

Ever since Christopher Nolan’s “The Dark Knight,” Heath Ledger’s Joker has been remembered as both the most intriguing and frightening iteration of the character. Just recently, Ledger’s Joker was voted as the...