In Birdman, writer/director Alejandro González Iñárritu pits the popular arts versus high art, questioning if one or the other better serves an artist’s legacy. Continue reading Movie Review: BIRDMAN or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
This review has been cross-posted with permission from NerdBastards.com. The recent string of live-action fairy tales – usually twists on classic stories in an attempt to provide extra depth – hasn’t been all that critically successful. Films like Alice in … Continue reading Movie Review: MALEFICENT
This review has been cross-posted from Nerd Bastards and does contain very minor spoilers. Godzilla has had a career unlike any star of the silver screen. Debuting in 1954, Ishirō Honda’s Gojira was a somber, bleak and quite realistic depiction … Continue reading Movie Review: GODZILLA
When The Amazing Spider-Man released in 2012 it was a solid start for the new superhero franchise, but it suffered by choosing to again rehash Spider-Man’s origin which kept the film firmly in the shadow of the previous trilogy. The … Continue reading Movie Review: THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 2
[This review contains mild SPOILERS for CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE WINTER SOLDIER.] Superhero films have become a tentpole of modern cinema. Where The Dark Knight legitimized the genre for those wary of capes and cowls, The Avengers proved fun didn’t need … Continue reading Movie Review: CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE WINTER SOLDIER
When The Muppets released in 2011 it was a celebrated return to the movies for Kermit, Miss Piggy, and the whole gang. That film was a nostalgia-laden trip through Muppet history and brought them back to relevance after years away. … Continue reading Movie Review: MUPPETS MOST WANTED
