Unlike some parents, my mother and father were never very concerned about their kids seeing R-rated movies. Besides giving me a form of cultural seniority among my elementary school peers, watching R-rated movies also gave me some interesting film-watching experiences and kick-started my journey of exploring the art of cinema. My family is all about … Continue reading
by Jacob SullivanDirty Grandpa is shockingly bad. I’m still in awe of just how atrocious this movie truly is. Not only did I laugh at one joke throughout the entire film, but the movie failed technically at an almost Birdemic level of incompetence. Lifeless acting, horrible racism, homophobic humor, mind-bogglingly bad editing, and a nonexistent … Continue reading
by Joel KalowThe first thing I did after stepping out of Richard Linklater’s latest film, Everybody Wants Some!!, was call my friend, Brian. Brian is a senior in college, which already makes him the targeted demographic for the ’80s-set college romp. More importantly, Brian is the captain of his college’s baseball team, giving him the … Continue reading
by Elizabeth EstenIn the grand scheme of Disney Animation’s history, the 1970s and ’80s is a strange period. Risks were taken to try to find a new direction, especially after the death of Walt Disney in 1966. Disney’s influence over many projects has brought a few duds over the years, but his guidance has mostly … Continue reading
by Elizabeth Esten Clint Mansell’s original arrangements as well as repurposed pre-existing works are what truly create the best moments in Jon S. Baird’s adaptation of the Irvine Welsh novel. The two main goals of the music are to punctuate certain moments and contrast darker moments. Since the film is set around Christmas, Mansell uses … Continue reading
by Courtney RaveloThe 5th Wave is an adaptation of a 2013 young adult novel by the same title — the first in a trilogy by author Rick Yancey. The movie takes place in a post-apocalyptic era, with most of the story told in the first-person by a 16-year-old girl (you’ve seen this plot before, think … Continue reading
by Byron BixlerMiles Davis was a bad motherfucker — or at least that’s what the long-in-the-making biopic, Miles Ahead, wants us to initially believe. Written, produced, directed by and starring Don Cheadle in the central role, the film presents the jazz superstar as a swaggering gangster type. Self-involved, brazenly pistol-packing and unapologetically abrasive, Miles embodies … Continue reading
by Haley GoetzWe Are What We Are is not for the faint-of-heart or for people like me who don’t have that strong of a stomach. Before the viewing, I read that what I was about to see was a “cannibal horror film” and I was as prepared as I’d ever be. I went into the … Continue reading
Y Tu Mamá También (Cuarón, 2001) Roads are never just roads in road trip movies. They’re frontiers waiting to be passed, thresholds to be broken through. They are the physical manifestations of the journey ahead, whether that journey be for love, a new life, or self acceptance. In Alfonso Cuarón’s Y Tu Mamá También, the … Continue reading
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