The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
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Director David Fincher and screenwriter Eric Roth present a film about the inevitable slow release of death (and this film).
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Maximum Ride
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“Maximum Ride” sounds like it should be one of the greatest thrill rides of your life, but instead it’s like getting on a roller coaster that only moves at one speed down a straight line…
Read MoreInterstellar
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Nolan certainly pays homage to space travel productions before him like 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), but the film explores both the beauty and peril of outer space with an artistry that I have not witnessed before…
Read MoreIndiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
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The Temple of Doom is like the story you’d read about in an old-fashioned dime novel—the kind with the woman in tattered clothing swooning while the intrepid explorer defends her from a jungle tiger...
Read MoreExtremely Loud & Incredibly Close
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Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (2011) is about a family following the tragic aftermath of 9/11, but it’s a task that the film was simply not up to…
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Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark
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But like I said before, Raiders of the Lost Ark is one of the few films that I’m willing to overlook its many negatives and purely enjoy the positives. It’s a fast-paced, thrilling adventure with spectacular stunts and action sequences…
Read MoreUp in the Air
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Up in the Air capitalizes on George Clooney’s reputation, using his charm as a mask, a distraction from the despicable nature of his character. In the film, Clooney plays Ryan Bingham, a corporate downsizing expert whose job is to fly around the country firing people…
Read MoreNo Country for Old Men
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The best way to describe No Country for Old Men is that it’s an allegory for evil and human reactions to it. Chigurh represents a form of evil that is nonnegotiable and permanent, but puts forward a pretense of chaos and chance…
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