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…
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.…
Alien: Covenant attempts to revive the series following a few lackluster entries. However, it's quickly apparent that fan service has done a disservice to the movie. After the mixed response to Prometheus — unjustly, in my opinion — Ridley Scott looked to reboot his beloved Alien franchise with a back to basics horror movie that would give genre enthusiasts and Alien fans,…
Under the Shadow gives a unique spin on the ghost story genre by setting it in a time and city where horror movies don't often take place. The horror genre was taken by storm in 2014 when Jennifer Kent's The Babadook debuted to incredible acclaim. It's deep dive take on the ghost story not only felt fresh and new but…
Closet Monster is a unique take on the LGBT coming-of-age genre with a stellar performance by Connor Jessup The exploration of sexuality is a sub-genre that has emerged from under the glut of young adult coming-of-age stories. From Dee Rees' confident debut Pariah or Barry Jenkins' masterpiece Moonlight, the movies that encompass these themes are heartbreaking,…
That's Not Us is a summery relationship drama that feels relatable, which makes the fact that it's improvised more impressive Relationships live and die in those unspoken moments — when you’re not saying what you mean or you avoid speaking your feelings altogether. That’s what That’s Not Us concerns itself with. It’s an intelligent relationship drama…
In honor of Pride Month, we're taking a look at one of the best LGBT movies of the decade, Andrew Haigh's Weekend. It's hard to think of queer cinema of this decade without mentioning the film Weekend. Until Moonlight captured the collective consciousness of cinephiles and mainstream audiences alike, the defining film in the LGBT film canon could be traced…
Dir. by Robert Stromberg It's hard to review Disney's Maleficent without mentioning that the screening I went to ended with a hearty applause. The reason I feel it's necessary to point this out is because despite its clear flaws, this film is an absolute crowd pleaser. The audience bought into the world…
Much Ado About Nothing finds Joss Whedon at his sharpest and most creative I have something to admit. The 1993 film Much Ado About Nothing is one of the movies that made me fall in love with cinema. Partially because it was the first film adaptation of a Shakespeare play that I watched, and partially because…
The most recent installment in the Disney renaissance, Zootopia, is also easily their most timely and political. Basically the movie could be described as "let's talk about racism with animals," but like the best animated movies it mixes social subtext with genuinely hilarious moments and interesting characters. Zootopia starts on an elementary school play starring rabbit…
