AwardsWatch - Reviews

Review: Miley Cyrus – Bangerz

Erik Anderson October 7, 2013

From the first notes of slow burning opener “Adore You,” we can hear that it’s happened: Miley Cyrus has been reborn. “Well duh,” you say?... Read More

Review: Sleigh Bells – Bitter Rivals

Erik Anderson October 7, 2013

In late 2009 a new sound was released unto the world in the form of Sleigh Bells, a two person noise pop band from Brooklyn.... Read More

Review: Captain Phillips (Paul Greengrass, 2013)

Erik Anderson October 6, 2013

2013 seems to be the year of survival stories. From Gravity to All is Lost and here with Captain Phillips the one man (or woman)... Read More

Review: Panic! At the Disco – Too Weird to Live, Too Rare to Die!

Erik Anderson October 3, 2013

I’m going to start this review by flat-out admitting that I don’t think Panic! At The Disco will ever be able to top Pretty. Odd. again. A... Read More

Review: Gravity (Alfonso Cuarón, 2013)

Erik Anderson October 3, 2013

Since Alfonso Cuarón’s audacious dystopian sci-fi film, Children of Men, was released in 2006, cinephiles everywhere have been wondering how, and later as the years ticked... Read More

Review: Lorde – Pure Heroine

Erik Anderson October 2, 2013

Pop music is built on extremes so it’s only fitting that in the year of Miley Cyrus, of twerking, foam finger excess, hanging naked on... Read More

The Grandmaster (Wong Kar-wai, 2013)

Erik Anderson September 23, 2013

Most famous and renowned for his passionate tales of romance, Wong Kar-Wai still seems like an inspired fit for Chinese martial arts moviemaking. The beloved... Read More

Review: Rush (Ron Howard, 2013)

Vincent Smetana September 21, 2013

Ron Howard’s latest film Rush depicts the epic rivalry between Formula 1 race car drivers Niki Lauda and James Hunt. The film covers the six-year... Read More

Don Jon (Joseph Gordon-Levitt, 2013)

Erik Anderson September 21, 2013

I must say, I have to give kudos to Gordon-Levitt for doing something so seemingly mainstream yet very dark as a debut feature. Though the... Read More