Categorizing Love as mere pornography is an oversimplified and incorrect classification. There is a high-concept, artistic element to it, but in a very contemporary sense, like most of Noé’s films. This film’s biggest problem is that even though it attempts…
Jon’s Movie Review: ‘Brooklyn’
This film shows a Brooklyn that’s unrecognizable to us except in a vague architectural structure, but whose every moment feels completely relatable and still culturally relevant. My mother came to the US as an immigrant when she was young. Listening…
TV Review: Ash vs Evil Dead 1×01, “El Jefe”
There is only one word that can aptly describe Sam Raimi and Bruce Campbell’s latest collaboration, Ash vs Evil Dead. That word is… Groovy. The tone is undeniably nostalgic. The Raimi brothers have successfully recreated the movie magic of their first…
51st Chicago International Film Festival Winners
There were so many great films at this year’s 51st Chicago International Film Festival. There were of course the major motion pictures that were part of it, like Macbeth, Carol, Anomalisa, Brooklyn, The Assassin and more. More importantly, the festival celebrates…
Jon’s Movie Review: ‘Experimenter’
Anyone who has taken introductory psychology courses has heard of Stanley Milgram, and already accepts his theory on obedience and authority. The film serves as a retrospective on our society and our inability to accept that unquestionable belief in authority…
Jon’s Movie Review: ‘The Last Witch Hunter’
Vin Diesel’s character may have been cursed with life, but The Last Witch Hunter‘s future franchise dreams may be doomed with death. Since the very beginning, you notice there’s a problem with The Last Witch Hunter. It’s not the alarming age…
Jon’s Movie Review: ‘Beasts of No Nation’
War-torn countries and ferocious fighting are often sugar-coated or downplayed in an attempt to make them more palatable to the masses. War is not pretty, and to minimize its true scope and bloodshed takes away the real effects that come…
