Johnny English Strikes Back Movie Review: Rowan Atkinson returns for rehashed routine

Rowan Atkinson is a timeless comic legend that has earned the respect he receives. Whether it’s with his internationally-renown Chaplin tribute Mr. Bean, his numerous appearances as The Black Adder or his varied live shows, Atkinson throws his entire body…

Burning Movie Review: Lee Chang-dong’s Newest Masterpiece is Haunting and Magnificent

How complacent are we in our inability to retain memory in the fashion in which it is materialized? How complicit are we when inability to see past our own desires, our own justifications and belief systems leads us astray? When…

Album Review: Greta Van Fleet – “Anthem of the Peaceful Army”

Ok let’s just get this out of the way: yes, Greta Van Fleet sound a lot like Led Zeppelin. Like almost hilariously similar to Led Zeppelin. Everything from the guitar tones to the bounce of the rhythm section to how…

Halloween Movie Review: Shocks and scares can’t fully save this stale sequel

If you don’t think 1978’s Halloween is scary, try asking a woman for her opinion; a film about a man obsessively stalking a woman to the point of murder is something that is still far too relevant today. Watching Michael…

The Oath Movie Review: A misguided and poorly executed attempt at social satire

We’re all pretty mad these days, aren’t we? That is the grand thesis of Ike Barinholtz’s The Oath, a well intentioned but wildly misguided social satire that stems from somebody who’s greatest fear under the Trump administration is being the…

MFKZ Movie Review: Anime Genre Mashup Brings Nonsensical Boredom

One of the most distinct styles of art and filmmaking, the Japanese anime genre has stayed in so many people’s memories because of how open it is and how it can be molded into other movie genres. Anime has been…

First Man Movie Review: Neil Armstrong’s Story Gets A Big Blistering Biopic

There was a time when going to the moon was considered the scariest thing a human could possibly do. Despite the wonder surrounding the first men to land on another planet, the build-up to that moment was full of death,…