Film Reviews

Retrospective: Worst Picture/Best Picture Series – Shining Through and Unforgiven (1992)

In 1992, Liam Neeson starred in two WWII films, in one he played a Nazi villain, and in the other… Read More

March 6, 2016

REVIEW: ‘The Big Short’ (★★★)

  Breaking down the billionaire boys club that broke America In The Big Short, the surprisingly irreverent new film from… Read More

December 12, 2015

REVIEW: ‘Joy’ (★★★½)

  There’s something truly fantastic about the opening scene of Joy. It’s a black and white television soap opera starring… Read More

December 7, 2015

REVIEW: ‘The Revenant’ (★★★★)

“You breathe…keep breathing.” One part tale of bloodthirsty revenge, one part tale of undying love, Alejandro G. Iñárritu's The Revenant… Read More

December 4, 2015

REVIEW: ‘Creed’ (★★★★)

  In a year that has been filled with remakes, sequels and reboots it’s hard to imagine that what seems… Read More

November 28, 2015

AFI Review: Angelina Jolie Pitt’s ‘By the Sea’ (★★)

  Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt’s By The Sea attempts to break down and humanize two of the most alien… Read More

November 6, 2015

REVIEW: Foreign Language Film Oscar Winners 1952-1957

After the first five foreign film winners coming from Italy, France, and Japan, the Academy decided to change it up… Read More

October 26, 2015

REVIEW: ‘Room’ (★★★★)

  A story of mother-child devotion, Lenny Abrahamson’s Room, based on Emma Donoghue’s book, is a stunning exploration of commitment,… Read More

October 22, 2015

REVIEW: ‘Miles Ahead’ (★★★)

  “Get the fuck off me, Hitler” Don Cheadle’s gaudy, prismatic passion-project biopic Miles Ahead just had its world premiere.… Read More

October 14, 2015

REVIEW: ‘Beasts of No Nation’ is a truly harrowing masterpiece (★★★½)

  Agu and his family in West Africa live a simple but happy existence. They laugh, play, fight, burp and… Read More

October 13, 2015

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