The Big Short is a fantastic film based on the nonfiction bestseller by Michael Lewis. What seems like a story out of a work of fiction, this film takes the audience back during the time of the 2008 financial crisis. I didn’t know much about this film going in. In fact, the first time I … Continue reading REVIEW: THE BIG SHORT
REVIEW: Bridge of Spies
Bridge of Spies tells the story of insurance lawyer, James Donovan, who is recruited by the CIA to legally represent Soviet Spy Rudolph Abel. After Abel’s sentencing, Donovan must negotiate a prisoner exchange after the Soviets capture, U.S pilot, Gary Powers. In my ‘Most Anticipated Movies of Fall 2015’, I ranked Bridge of Spies at … Continue reading REVIEW: Bridge of Spies
REVIEW: Beasts of No Nation
Beasts of No Nation tells about a Civil War in an unnamed African country through the eyes of a young boy named Agu. Who after seeing his family murdered, is forced to become a child soldier. Written and directed by Cary Fukunaga (True Detective, Season One), Beasts of No Nation has no sympathy for the … Continue reading REVIEW: Beasts of No Nation
REVIEW: The Visit
The Visit takes place when a mother (Kathryn Hahn) let’s her two children (Olivia DeJonge and Ed Oxenbould) stay with their distant grandparents (Deanna Dunagan and Peter McRobbie) for a week. The young girl, Rebecca, an aspiring documentarian, decides to film the monumental trip on digital cameras. I am on the fence when it comes … Continue reading REVIEW: The Visit
REVIEW: 99 Homes
99 Homes tells the story of Rick Carver (Michael Shannon), a once simple-minded Florida realtor, now making a living at evicting people from their homes. After evicting Dennis Nash (Andrew Garfield), an unemployed construction worker, along with his mother (Laura Dern) and preteen son (Noah Lomax), Dennis sets out looking to get back what is … Continue reading REVIEW: 99 Homes
Film Clip Saturday: A Most Wanted Man
It would be fair for the media to go crazy over "A Most Wanted Man" because it was Philip Seymour Hoffman's last film. However, that is not that case here. This film grips you from the very beginning, while taking you along for a ride of suspense. Hoffman gives nothing but the best in this … Continue reading Film Clip Saturday: A Most Wanted Man
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