by Zachary Kalik Sometimes in life, when you have a bad day, something well made just simply isn’t going to cheer you up. What you need is something so unbelievably bad that its absurdity somehow ends up brightening up your day. It’s ironic that the movie in question, The Room, directed by Tommy Wiseau. was … Continue reading
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The Disaster Artist
by PJ Yerman Based on the shocking and hilarious book by Greg Sestero and Tom Bissell, The Disaster Artist is the true story of Greg (Dave Franco), a young aspiring actor who befriends the wacky, enigmatic filmmaker Tommy Wiseau (James Franco) to make what is now considered the “greatest worst movie of all time,” The … Continue reading
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
by Arleigh Rodgers To the right of a winding road sits three withering billboards, where they pose in the haze of a fog that rests softly in the air. The long, beautiful shots used in the beginning of this film capture the perfect feeling of discovering a quietly elegant attraction. The billboards sit forgotten on … Continue reading
Bee Movie
by Jake Triola Bee Movie is the tale of a young nonconformist bee named Barry B. Benson (Jerry Seinfeld), who’s fed up with the status-quo, which is, apparently, pretty harsh in the world of bees.Every bee goes to school, then to work, and then they die. Not only that, once a bee is assigned a … Continue reading
Murder on the Orient Express(2017)
by Tony Di Nizo Directed by Kenneth Branagh, Murder on the Orient Express is the latest film adaptation of the famous crime thriller originally published as a novel by Agatha Christie. The story was previously adapted by Sidney Lumet in 1974 and was an incredibly successful film. It was nominated for a few Oscars, including … Continue reading
Superbad
by Jackson Diianni After I watched Superbad, a friend of mine told me that the script was written by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg when they were just 13 years old. To be honest, I wasn’t that surprised to hear that this movie was written by middle-schoolers. The plot revolves around two teenagers who are … Continue reading
Donnie Darko
by Haley Goetz To me, watching Donnie Darko literally equates to life and death. I remember, during a cold October night, in my junior year of high school, watching the film for the first time when the phone suddenly rang. I knew it was going to be news of my grandfather’s passing. He had been … Continue reading
The Secret World of Arietty
by Jackson Diianni The Secret World of Arrietty tells the story of a world populated by miniature people. They’re called “borrowers” because they borrow everything they need from human beings,or “beans” as they’re called in the film. When a borrower named Arrietty encounters a human boy named Shawn, she and her family must leave or … Continue reading
Juno
by Zachary Kalik Who would’ve thought that a movie about teen pregnancy would be a masterpiece in disguise? Juno, released in 2007 and directed by Jason Reitman, is a film with such brilliant charm that other films only wish they could match. The film is about a girl named Juno (Ellen Page) who gets pregnant … Continue reading
Justice League
by Tyler Jennes 2017 has been nothing short of a juggernaut for superhero films. From serious and contemplative works like Logan to animated kids films like The LEGO Batman Movie to competent and genuinely funny Marvel Studios sequels for both the Guardians of the Galaxy and Thor, 2017 has had everything you can think of. … Continue reading