Adam Sandler and friends have gotten back together in The Ridiculous 6, but this time funded by Netflix and given complete creative control. Some would argue that Sandler’s continued creation of subpar films could be caused by the often heavy-handed…
Jon’s Movie Review: ‘Youth’
Youth is gorgeously shot, beautifully framed, but erratically storied. In many ways, it is the perfect imitation of the characteristics of youth, but unfortunately only a few of them are positive. Just like youth itself, the film is hard-headed and thinks it already…
Jon’s Movie Review: ‘The Big Short’
In The Big Short, writer/director Adam McKay creates a deliberately dizzying visual aesthetic to imitate the rhetoric involved in many of the banks’ business practices. He postulates that their vague language, confusing double dealings and overall disregard for ethics were the…
Jon’s Movie Review: ‘Chi-Raq’
Chi-Raq (mostly) successfully combines the over-the-top comedy style of the Greek play with the tragic, rhyming melodrama of a Shakespearean work. The two tones erratically dance around each other, sometimes finding themselves in a complementary step. Throughout the film, their clashing is…
Jon’s Movie Review: ‘Hitchcock/Truffaut’
Hitchcock/Truffaut centers around the famous conversation between legendary filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock and French film icon François Truffaut. They spend a week together at Universal Studios (with a translator of course) and discuss cinema and every single one of Hitchcock’s films released to…
Jon’s Movie Review: ‘The Good Dinosaur’
Like dinosaurs, there are creatures that don’t pass the test of time. They fade into obscurity, usually forgotten with the small passing of time. The Good Dinosaur will likely go the way of the dodo. The gorgeous environmental visuals, from…
Jon’s Movie Review: ‘The Night Before’
“Tis’ the season” we’re told as we’re bombarded with Christmas music and red Starbucks cups right after Halloween. By the time the actual holiday comes up, we’ve had our fill of every maudlin movie and sappy special on television and find…
