Film Review: Steve Jobs (2015)
bySteve Jobs comes to the screen in a different form than many expected and anticipated, but it still succeeds thanks to Aaron Sorkin’s sharp and…
Oscar contenders
Film Review: Anomalisa (2015)
byIn many ways, 2015 has been an immense year of anticipation for the film industry. There was a return to Jurassic World, and chases…
Film Review: Spotlight (2015)
bySpotlight is a film that creeps up on you. It’s the kind of film that slowly seeps its tendrils into you and it isn’t…
Film Review: The Danish Girl (2015)
bySomething smells like Oscar bait. Or maybe it’s just Tom Hooper. The Danish Girl has more than a whiff of Hooper’s usual winning formula…
Film Review: The Big Short (2016)
by“The truth is like poetry, and most people fucking hate poetry” When the credits for The Big Short started rolling on by, the words…
Film Review: The Revenant (2015)
byWith The Revenant no one can accuse director Alejandro G. Iñárritu of resting on his laurels. After the technically audacious Birdman, Iñárritu channels his…
Film Review: Youth (2015)
byAfter his Oscar winning critical darling The Great Beauty, Italian writer/director Paolo Sorrentino delivers another masterpiece with Youth, a meditation on what it means…
Film Review: Joy (2015)
byJoy is the most recent feature film from acclaimed director David O. Russell. The whirlwind biographical tale of Joy Mangano stars Jennifer Lawrence who delivers yet…
Film Review: Bridge of Spies (2015)
byAt the end of the 1950s, the twin superpowers of the USSR and the USA, both armed with and ready to use a stockpile…
Film Review: Selma (2014)
byYou may be forgiven for wondering why in the 21st century, it takes a movie about the civil rights movement to showcase the talents…