Category: Reviews
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The Red Balloon (1956)
The Red Balloon is a short film from 1956 that runs for slightly more than 30 minutes, but is one of the most delightful 30 minutes of cinema I have experienced. Set in 1950s Paris, it tells a story of a relationship between a boy and his red balloon. It…
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West Side Story (1961)
Musicals are not my favorite genre of film, in fact, they may be my least favorite. Having said that, I have been trying to make an effort to see some of the classics and approach them with an open mind. Similarly, I was not a fan of the western genre…
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Furious 7 (2015)
Like many of the action stunts that have occurred during its seven film run, the trajectory of the Fast & Furious franchise is defying belief. Nobody imagined at its inception, when it started as a not-so-subtle rip-off of Point Break that substituted fast cars for surfboards, that it would spawn…
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The Judge (2014)
The Judge fails because it doesn’t know what kind of movie it wants to be, but also thinks it is more than what it is.
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It Follows (2015)
The horror genre has become like the rom-com genre to me; there is a lot of content generated, and most of it is pandering garbage. In the midst of that garbage, there are a handful of hidden gems every year that pleasantly surprise and are genuinely enjoyable and rise above the…
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Cinderella (2015)
Cinderella is a modern update of the classic fairy tale that remains faithful to the source material, looks great, and deals with themes of courage, kindness, grace, and forgiveness.
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Listen Up Philip (2014)
We all know how we are supposed to act around other people, even the most socially awkward among us (myself included). Part of being a part of society is this unspoken social contract we enter into to not always say what is on our minds or to hold back criticisms based…
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Chappie (2015)
Neill Blomkamp burst onto the movie scene in 2009 with District 9, a sci-fi film backed by Peter Jackson that tackled societal issues in South Africa through the prism of alien living in Johannesburg slums that had essentially crash-landed on earth and were segregated from humans. He followed it up with…
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What We Do In The Shadows (2015)
What If I told you that some of the minds behind Flight of the Conchords got together and made a mockumentary film? What if I told you it was a mockumentary about vampires? And what if I told you it was a mockumentary about four different kinds of popular vampires…
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Believe Me (2014)
The landscape of evangelical Christianity is littered with things that can be cannon fodder for good humor. Just look at stuffchristianslike.net. Over the summer I saw a preview for Believe Me and was instantly hooked. I was curious as to whether it would be too tame or a no-holds-barred look at…
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