Ridiculous. Sorry, but that’s the overwhelming feeling from the latest “Young Adult” novel adaptation to hit cinemas. Despite the efforts of a solid cast, The 5th Wave can’t withstand the screenplay’s barrage of disaster tropes, teen romance film clichés and,…
Despite the facts, master-genius Charlie Kaufman’s new film Anomalisa is not wholly original. Sure, you have never seen anything like it. The film is the most personal and intimate animated film I have ever seen. The scope is remarkably small…
Repression saturates the screen as we witness the horrors of acceptance of an unwanted womanhood. Director Deniz Gamze Erguven gives us a filter less dissension within the world of five orphaned sisters as they struggle for sanity living in a…
January never lets me down. This week, the studios have brought us a haphazardly slapped together sequel. Ride Along 2 arrives quickly on the heels of its 2014 predecessor and features its two leads getting into all new cop-based shenanigans…
In the midst of Hollywood sequels and reboots that relentlessly follow a predetermined formula, it’s great to see a big budget eccentricity like The Revenant. This is the type of film that clearly represents the personal vision of its filmmaker,…
While the early months of the new year present a few Oscar hopefuls opening to wide audiences, it also marks a run of less impressive material. Welcome to January, folks. The Forest is a ghost story that was clearly intended…
Ready for a dark comedy about the high stakes rollers behind the housing market and sub-prime mortgages? Well, you probably weren’t clamoring for it, but The Big Short is a very pleasant surprise. The film manages to entertain and enlighten…
Are you ready to take a deep soak in the mind of Tarantino? His new mammoth Western, The Hateful Eight is a full-blown, bat-shit crazy epic built entirely from the wonderful words you’d expect in a QT film. Important thing…
It is mere seconds into Star Wars VII that it becomes clear that J.J. Abrams is doing right by our beloved fables. The required orchestral brassy blast announces the Star Wars title and the screen crawl begins with the news…
Well, awards season is certainly here and the latest release seems perfectly suited to the Oscar race. It features a pedigreed cast and filmmakers and is based on the life of a real person, Lili Elbe. The Danish Girl is…