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life 2015 movie review

Review of James Dean Biopic “Life”

James Dean died when he was twenty-four. In spite of – or, more likely, because of – his untimely death, Dean became a screen icon, one of the great initiators of ‘the Method.’ He gave three great performa...
me and earl and the dying girl review

Me and Earl and the Dying Girl

Usually, if someone describes a film (or, indeed, a person) as kooky and quirky, I’ll hate it (or them). The film will probably star Zooey Deschanel as someone who only listens to vinyl and plays a ukulele ...

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legend movie review 2015

Legend Review

In new film Legend (not to be confused with the same-named Tom Cruise fantasy debacle from 1985) Tom Hardy plays both Ronnie and Reggie Kray, twin gangsters who ran London in the 1960s. While they dream big, ...
american ultra

American Ultra Review

Director: Nima Nourizadeh. Cast: Jesse Eisenberg, Kristen Stewart, Connie Britton, Topher Grace. Running Time: 96 Minutes. Kristen Stewart has come a long way since her Twilight days. She's starred i...
no escape review

No Escape Review

Typically, film reviews award stars as a mark of quality. However, these stars don’t account for the complexity of a reviewer’s reaction. A film (like the forthcoming Life) may have been somewhat of a disap...
dope movie review

Dope Review

Coming-of-age / high-school movies usually fall into two categories: there’s the meaningful, pensive sincerity of films like The Breakfast Club and The Perks of Being a Wallflower; and then there’s the bawdy ...
trainwreck movie review 2015

Trainwreck Review

Director: Judd Apatow. Cast: Amy Schumer, Bill Hader, Brie Larson, Tilda Swinton. Running Time: 125 Minutes. When the raunchy romantic comedy first gained popularity in the '90s, they were seen as a ...
the wolfpack movie review

The Wolfpack Review

In day-to-day life, it’s common enough that a friend or family member will say something along the lines of ‘It’s like that bit in The Simpsons when…’ The reference may be to a movie or book or any cultura...
vacation movie review

Vacation Movie Review

Vacation is a remake, no wait, a sequel, no wait a continuity reboot? What’s it called when you take the plot of the first Vacation, but set it after the events of that film, with new-but-not-that-new charact...