We all wish we could go back to being a kid sometimes. Adulting can be…
After Movie Review: A redundant and dull entry to the romance genre
EL James created a monster. Her re-animated erotic Twilight fan fiction not only managed to…
Teen Spirit Movie Review: Elle Fanning gleams in Max Minghella’s electrifying feature debut
In a word, Max Minghella’s directorial debut Teen Spirit is dualized: at once unfussy and…
Hellboy Movie Review: Another infernal reboot
Imagine if someone has never read a Hellboy comic before. Even if that person enjoyed…
Dogman Movie Review: An intense examination of suburban life
As we’ve continuously seen in acclaimed films such as Gomorrah and Tale of Tales, Italian…
Breakthrough Movie Review: Weird Christianity, Weirder Timing
Who needs miracles, anyway? After all, Breakthrough is coming out at a time when just about everyone not only feels like they could use a miracle right about now, but almost all of them have the means through social media to broadcast their deserved woes. Here is a film framed and wired with Judeo-Christian principles as a trojan horse of supposedly enlightened messaging keen on both evangelizing the uninitiated and soothing the believers into further submission. This is Breakthrough, a film bent on preaching to the choir with emotional hand-wringing. It’s just a shame the sermon has only the trappings of substance or spiritual investigation.
The Man Who Killed Don Quixote Movie Review: Genuine emotion makes up for a lack of clarity
On one hand, expectations were relatively low for The Man Who Killed Don Quixote. It’s…