Jon’s Movie Review: “Unbroken” Is Inherently Damaged

This month’s films are all about those unspoken heroes. The ones who have undergone tremendous, and often times near-unbeatable odds only to emerge triumphant on the other side of all of that adversity. I really enjoy how these unsung heroes…

Top 10 Coen Brothers Films

Picking the best films of the Coen Brothers (Ethan and Joel)  is a nearly impossible task akin to selecting which perfectly cooked medium rare steak is the most delicious. (Apologies to the vegan/vegetarian crowd.) Throughout the past 30 years and…

Jon’s Movie Review: ‘Inside Llewyn Davis’ is a chord of sad tones, but no sour notes

Folk music is often confused for country music, which is like comparing planets to oranges. The only thing they have in common is the shape, but the content of each differs completely. While country music deals with pick up trucks,…

The Top 10 Reasons To Look Forward To The Upcoming Films of 2013

Now that the Summer blockbuster season has been laid to rest, the Fall awards-focused season is taking over. Studios looking to win Oscars for their films like to bundle up as many of their movies late in the year so…

The Avengers and the Survival of the Cinema

Every few weeks, an article entitled “Death of the Cinema” or “Death of Film Criticism” materializes on some film blog. “The cinema is dying! Young people don’t go to the movies! They’re not made like they used to be,” they…