Weiner is one of the most satisfying and hilarious political films ever made, which makes the fact that it's a fly-on-the-wall documentary all the more impressive Where most documentaries often rely on style to tell a story, fly-on-the-wall documentaries have to rely on the subject. Thankfully for Weiner, the subject is a narcissistic politician that can’t…
A quick and efficient page turner, Dark Matter doesn't bring anything too new to the genre, but it is certainly entertaining enough to keep you reading If you read the premise of Dark Matter, you don’t immediately see anything terribly original or grout-breaking. A man doesn’t know it but the entire world he knows is about to…
A pitch-perfect cast, screenplay, and story make Eye in the Sky one of the best — if not the best — movie of the year There are thrillers, and then there are thrillers like Eye in the Sky. What kind of thriller? It’s one that’s not just a treat for the eye but for the brain. It’s one that…
Obsessed with style over substance, Nicholas Winding Refn's The Neon Demon is a narrative mess that pretends it's a movie by adding strobe lights and slow motion I rarely write reviews for movies that I dislike. They’re just difficult for me to write unless I dislike one passionately. Well, The Neon Demon is one of those movies.…
Though it's nearly two decades old, The Blair Witch Project still holds up as a modern classic With the second installment (second because let's just forget about that horrid Book Of Bleh) of The Blair Witch Project coming out in a few weeks, aptly titled Blair Witch, I thought it would be appropriate to review the original. I first watched the…
Midnight Special proves that you don't need huge explosions, action set pieces, or over-the-top special effects to make a great sci-fi movie The 80s are back in style. From Carly Rae Jepsen's EMOTION to Stranger Things to Everybody Wants Some, it seems like Hollywood had a board meeting and decided that this is the decade we're…
Bellweather Rhapsody is a coming-of-age drama and whodunit mystery wrapped into a quirky dark comedy Agatha Christie, The Shining, and Stephen King are all directly referenced in Kate Racculia’s sophomore effort. However, they are more than just reference because they shape the book itself. Bellweather Rhapsody is simultaneously a "whodunit" mystery, teenage coming-of-age dramedy, shifting…
Joshua Ferris’ Then We Came to the End is equal parts stinging satire of working and moving character study about the meaning of life For me, the best way to tell how I felt about a book is looking at my reaction to the ending. I’m not talking about my reaction to what happens, but…
Looking for a spooky fun horror movie to watch? Well, Lights Out fits the bill. My favorite thing to do when watching horror movies now is not knowing a single thing about them. No trailers, no reviews, no synopsis. While it becomes difficult to decide what to watch when you do that, often the result is a…
Justin Lin's Star Trek Beyond shows that a blockbuster can be in the same realm as a character drama and still be successful Going into Star Trek Beyond I wasn't feeling the highest on Star Trek Into Darkness (check out my review here). I thought it was thisclose to being a great movie. But two things kept it from that. The first was…
