Lion is one of the few inspirational true stories that translates beautifully on screen thanks to director Garth Davis and a strong performance by Dev Patel A Long Way Home, the book that the movie Lion is based on, is essentially devoid of emotion. That's not to fault the book's author and subject Saroo Brierley. He simply wasn't equipped with…
Max Records gives one of the best performances of the year in the creepy and darkly funny I Am Not A Serial Killer. Animal cruelty, calling living things “it”, stalking, and wetting the bed. These are the four predictors of a serial killer. John Wayne Cleaver (Max Records) has them all. However, as the title suggests, he…
This year has been one of the best movie years in recent memories with films that pushed the boundaries of filmmaking. Here are the best movies of 2017! 2017 is a year that started strong and ended even stronger, which is refreshing considering the end of the year always has an influx…
Atmospheric and suspenseful, The Invitation is a blast to watch and easily one of the best movies of the year so far If you haven’t watched The Invitation yet, open up Amazon or iTunes and watch it right now. I’ve said it about other movies, but if I had to choose one movie for you to…
Packed with fun musical numbers and flashes of humor, Sing Street is enjoyable on both a superficial and emotional level. John Carney is obsessed with the power of music. It's what his last three films, including Sing Street, are about. Once talks about how music can communicate emotion and is a universal language. Begin Again explores the healing power of music. Carney is…
It's funny. The movie that I wanted Jersey Boys to be ended up appearing during the end credits when the cast got together to do a reprise of "Sherry" and "December, 1963". It was fun, energetic, and so wonderfully campy. However, the movie preceding this end credits scene never gains the momentum it needs to…
The live-action remake of Beauty and the Beast doesn't do much to add to the 1992 classic, but it has enough magic and charm to make you fall in love all over again. The latest entry in Disney's saga to do a live-action remake of every one of their classic movies is Beauty and the Beast. The 1992 version…
Michael Fassbender is fascinating as the papier-mâché headed lead singer in Frank, which celebrates weirdness and understands mental illness Frank is just about as quirky and surreal as you’d imagine a movie about an experimental indie band with a lead singer who constantly wears a giant papier-mâché head would be. However, surprisingly, the character of Frank (Michael…
Though it doesn't quite reach the potential of its premise, Oculus packs in enough tension to make it a solid horror movie Yet another entry in the psychological horror rooted in childhood emotional trauma genre. Running in two different timelines, Oculus follows a brother and sister as they try to destroy a mirror that contained the ghosts…
A great homage to the 70s crime films, A Most Violent Year doesn't need flash to be an intense thriller There’s a scene about a third of the way through A Most Violent Year that outlines exactly what the movie is about. After striking a deer on their way home from a dinner, Abel (Oscar Isaac) gets out…
