Some may walk away from the Pablo Larrain’s glorious Jackie believing that Natalie Portman’s portrayal of Jackie Kennedy verges on the line of imitation, but maybe that’s the point. Jackie Kennedy was very much an actress of her own right, constructing…
Movie Review: SiREN
There are a surprising number of good ideas in Gregg Bishop’s SiREN, especially for a film that’s a feature-length adaptation of Amateur Night, one of the short segments from the infamous horror anthology V/H/S (2012). Abandoning the short film’s three-buddies-shoot-an-amateur-porno…
Movie Review: Mifune: The Last Samurai
Steven Okazaki’s Mifune: The Last Samurai is a perfectly serviceable documentary on the great Japanese actor Toshirô Mifune if you aren’t looking for any information you couldn’t find on the man’s Wikipedia page. Those wanting a more penetrative look into…
Movie Review: Boo! A Madea Halloween
Tyler Perry is both a brilliant businessman and at times, a cinematic talent. Unlike many directors who aspire to please everyone, Perry has perfected the art of selling his material to a specific demographic. His most successful character, Madea, arguably…
Movie Review: Starving the Beast
Over the last few decades, the realms of American higher education have experienced a fundamental shift. What was originally envisioned by the Founding Fathers as a crucial asset for our national welfare—Thomas Jefferson was so devoted to the cause of…
Movie Review: Natural Selection
I’d like to think that if I was a teenager who knew that his friend was going to commit a school shooting, the first thing I would do would be to immediately inform the police. Then I would tell the…
Movie Review: Don’t Think Twice
Everything you need to know about the tone and message of Don’t Think Twice is in one moment: a guy is leaving a hospital after his dad was in a serious motorcycle accident and he doesn’t want his father to…