Movie Review: Nocturnal Animals

Nocturnal Animals opens with old, naked, obese women in sensual poses,testing the audience’s comfort not even two minutes into the film. Director Tom Ford seems to be critiquing both the contemporary art sensationalism and heteronormative conditioning. Would we be so…

Movie Review: Arrival

Director Denis Villeneuve has come back after his slightly under cooked Sicario with a film best experienced totally immersed. While Arrival is being touted as a “thinking mans science fiction film” (and to a point, it is) the film is also at it’s best when…

Final trailer for Denis Villeneuve’s “Arrival” released

Denis Villeneuve’s Arrival made quite an impression on this year’s Toronto International Film Festival. Our own Allyson Johnson called it “an emotional experience” in her film review back on September. Even though they film uses aliens as the main plot story,…

New trailer for Nocturnal Animals teases a chilling outcome

A new trailer for thriller Nocturnal Animals has been released by Focus Features today, giving wide audiences a first look at the film that set the Venice Film Festival ablaze earlier this year. The trailer shows both the beginning and…

Adam Shankman To Direct Enchanted Sequel

Way back in the olden days of 2007, when the first iPhone roamed, and Spider Man 3 made the skies cloudy all day, a charming little movie called Enchanted made everybody’s thanksgiving a little happier. It was a wonderful deconstruction…

TIFF Review: Arrival

For more TIFF 2016 coverage, go here. Director Denis Villeneuve has come back after his slightly under cooked Sicario with a film best experienced totally immersed. While Arrival is being touted as a “thinking mans science fiction film” (and to a point, it is) the…

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice Ultimate Edition Review

Redemption. That’s a common theme in comic books and for a very good reason. It’s a story we can all relate to and usually one with a happy ending. My first viewing of the theatrical release of Batman v Superman:…