Does it Hold Up? — Retro Review: Clueless
In recent days, I have found nothing more frightening than the eerie uncanniness and timelessness of Clueless. The Amy Heckerling film from 1995 that stars…
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Does is Still Hold Up? — Retro Review: Airplane!
Surely, there are moments in Airplane! (1980) that would confuse anyone not alive in the 1980’s. Today of course, smoking is prohibited on planes –…
The Croods — The Power of Fear and the Birth of Knowledge
The Croods explores the impeding power of fear and the darkest parts of evolution.
Lone Survivor — Challenging Man’s Faith in Man
The first five minutes of Lone Survivor feels like an advertisement for the Navy. The film opens with the training of Navy SEALS. With each…
Desolation of Smaug — A Giant, Scaly Carrot
Desolation of Smaug will become the most memorable chapter, but this doesn’t make it any more substantial than the first.
Inside Llewyn Davis — Of and About Timelessness
“It’s new and it never gets old,” Llewyn Davis tells the audience twice in the Coen brothers’ emotionaly powerful new film, Inside Llewyn Davis. Set…
Enough Said — Marriage, Divorce, and its Wake
Enough Said honestly depicts the evolution of marriage, divorce, and the aftermath.
Hours — Tragedy in the Aftermath of Tragedy
Paul Walker’s role in Hours is a departure from the most familiar Brian O’Conner that occupies the various Fast-speckled franchise. As Nolan Hayes, he is…
Blackfish — Toeing the Company Line
First and foremost, Blackfish, the 2013 documentary from Gabriela Cowperthwaite, makes me regret visiting Sea World when I was nine years old. More importantly as a documentary, Blackfish…
Saving Mr. Banks — Mary Poppins and the Wonders of Disney
For a bit, Saving Mr. Banks offers a look at artistic integrity in battle with the Hollywood machine. Around 1961, P.L. Travers (Emma Thompson), author…