The relationship between critic and art is one fraught with dangers of compromise, hypocrisy, and a cynicism as deep as it is wide. “Art,” of course, applies to film, television, video gam…
The Yellow Birds Movie Review: An Inoffensive but Redundant Mess
The Yellow Birds begins with a tranquil image of flowing water, followed by a graceful camera pan over American troops marching cautiously over a war-ravaged Iraqi landscape. It’s an unusually peacefu…
Hearts Beat Loud Movie Review: Kiersey Clemons Delivers a Star Making Performance
Everyone knows Nick Offerman as the ultra-manly, wood-chopping Ron Swanson from Parks & Recreation but now that the mustache is off, Offerman has taken on more grounded roles that let him expand h…
Hereditary Movie Review: Ari Aster Has Created Something Terrifyingly Dreadful and Magnificent
Full disclosure — when it comes to horror, you’ll typically find me hiding behind my hands, but nothing has shaken me more than Ari Aster’s Hereditary. At just over two hours, it’s a…
Sundance 2018 Review: Hereditary
Full disclosure — when it comes to horror, you’ll typically find me hiding behind my hands, but nothing has shaken me more than Ari Aster’s Hereditary. At just over two hours, it’s a…
Movie Review: Unlocked
When it comes to action thrillers, Unlocked doesn’t provide anything new or refreshing. It’s the kind of movie that falls alongside the rest in its genre. Predictable and bland. The plot r…
Movie Review: Imperium
Throughout history, certain groups have been chosen for the degradation of serving as scapegoats. As such, group members are held up as examples of everything wrong with society, along with numerous e…