The Wolf of Wall Street Review
When is too much too much? This is the question Martin Scorsese asks in his scorching 23rd feature film The Wolf OF Wall Street. And what a way he asks. Scorsese – along with his current golden goose,...
View Article12 Years a Slave Review
I understand that some people like their cinema to be simple and enjoyable. I don’t. I love being challenged. I go out of my way to see films that attract controversy. Say, if a film is banned, my...
View ArticleNymphomaniac Review
Note: I saw Nymphomaniac in its four-hour form, not the 5.5 hour explicit cut. I’d like to argue that I was always into strange and unique films, but if I’m being completely honest, my introduction to...
View ArticleNoah Review
Straight off the bat, I have to disclose two things. First, I’m an atheist. It is not something that I wear with pride (I used to), but instead it is my position on the man in the sky. For me, it is...
View ArticleCaptain America The Winter Soldier Review
I am a card-carrying member of the Marvel Comics fanboy club, yet I’m on the fence when it comes to Marvel Studios’ films. Don’t get me wrong, a unified Marvel cinematic universe is something that I...
View ArticleX-Men: Days of Future Past
X-Men: Days of Future Past is a really interesting film for a myriad of reasons. The most obvious is its brave attempt to reel the messy continuity of six films (including reboot/prequels and...
View ArticleEdge of Tomorrow Review
Going to the cinema can sometimes feel like a gamble, but not if you bet on Tom Cruise. Love him or hate him, Tom Cruise makes good films. Full stop. The dude is an empire for a reason: with a few...
View Article22 Jump Street Review
Full Disclosure: I am one of the few people who didn’t enjoy the original 21 Jump Street. Sue me. Sure I was hungover as shit when I saw it, but that is normally a great reason to go and see a comedy....
View ArticleTransformers: Age of Extinction Review
Wow. Transformers: Age of Extinction is not bad. It is aggressively awful. With an opening statement like that, I know the Transformers apologists (who actually exist) will say, ‘oh, he hates the...
View ArticleGuardians of the Galaxy review
I don’t know what we did to piss off the Movie Gods in 2013, because they were cruel. Boy, were they cruel. Almost every blockbuster that we got in ’13 was an eye-rolling disappointment. Not for lack...
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