Sisters proves equal opportunity offender
Old School had death by KY-lube wrestling and streaking, Bachelor Party had a scene with a donkey snorting cocaine and Animal House had John... Continue Reading
IFE Film Review
Mountains May Depart is masterful moviemaking
Born in the aftermath of 1989’s bloody Tiananmen Square protests, when state censorship was at an all-time high, China’s undergr... Continue Reading
Gritty, gory The Hateful Eight is one hell of a ride
When The Hateful Eight was released late last year, critics and film geeks everywhere touted the film as Quentin Tarantino’s first wes... Continue Reading
Jennifer Lawrence shines in Oscar-nominated Joy
Hitchcock had Grace Kelly, Fellini had Giulietta Masina, and Woody Allen had Diane Keaton, but when it comes to modern day director-muse rel... Continue Reading
Gothic romance Crimson Peak is bloody good fun
Oscar-nominated writer-director Guillermo del Toro has made a career out of freaking audiences out. From the creepy, 450 year-old mechanical... Continue Reading
AvGeek action in Spectre will leave fans stirred
Over the years James Bond has piloted everything from a Bell Aerosystems rocket belt (Thunderball) to the Space Shuttle (Moonraker), but to ... Continue Reading
Star Wars toy doc Plastic Galaxy disappoints
With the entire Star Wars saga now playing on IFE screens everywhere and interest in all things Skywalker at an all-time high thanks to the ... Continue Reading
The Night Before delivers holiday laughs year-round
Conventional wisdom holds that holiday movies play best during the holidays they’re set in, but as someone who has watched Elf at slee... Continue Reading
Sweeping drama Carol is more than meets the eye
Todd Haynes’ Oscar-nominated period lesbian romance Carol is such a slow burn of a movie that I had to actually watch it twice before ... Continue Reading
Despite its many charms, Intern does not get the job
Anyone who loves movies and Pinterest is no doubt very well versed by now in the inspiring cinematic interiors of writer-director Nancy Meye... Continue Reading
Spotlight outshines Truth in battle of journo dramas
Hollywood has a long, storied tradition of making movies in duplicate. And while that trend is generally reserved for big, blockbuster title... Continue Reading
Oscar-nominated doc Amy packs a powerful punch
Thanks to the soaring popularity of documentary films on cable and streaming subscription services like Netflix and Amazon Video, documentar... Continue Reading
Lyrical, heartfelt An is indie food porn nirvana
Just a few years out of college in 1997, Japanese writer-director Naomi Kawase became the youngest winner ever of the Camera d’Or at the Can... Continue Reading
Pixie dust cannot save Pan origin story from itself
Ever since Walt Disney broke the mold with the classic animated version in 1953, live-action versions of Peter Pan have been a fairly dicey ... Continue Reading
Infinitely Polar Bear is infinitely watchable
Generally speaking, movies about bipolar disorder tend to fall into two pretty distinct camps. They are either very serious and very dramati... Continue Reading
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