The Oscar nominations, announced on Tuesday morning, gave movies fans all over the world something to talk about, but what did the nominees have to say? The filmmakers from Dunkirk and Blade Runner 2049 share their official statements on their…
Movie Review – Blade Runner 2049
Warning: Spoilers for Blade Runner: 2049 below. Blade Runner 2049 is, above all, a film of images. Bold. Brash. Breathtaking. Harrowing. The original 1982 Ridley Scott film set itself in a dystopian, retrofitted Los Angeles that was equal parts cyberpunk and lurid…
10 Years Later: The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Considering that the very title of Andrew Dominik’s 2007 The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford spoils a major plot event in the film, it wouldn’t be totally unbefitting of me to start this piece with a…
12 Most Memorable Movie Scenes of 2015
The Revenant (Alejandro González Iñárritu, 2015), The Bear Attack Yes, every single word of praise you’ve read and/or heard is true. One can’t escape talking about The Revenant without mentioning its pièce de résistance: a bear mauling that seems to be…
Movie Review: ‘Sicario’
Although not mutually exclusive by any means, I think Denis Villeneuve would prefer to consider Sicario more of a political statement than a run-of-the-mill thriller. Without a doubt, exploitative genre movies can be political, but Villeneuve’s films are distinct because of…
The Young Folks’ Best Movies of 2012
The Young Folks writers have come together to list the very best in entertainment and pop culture for the year 2012! 2012 has been a great year for movies. From The Avengers to Les Miserables, there was a lot to…