Posterized Propaganda November 2014: ‘Foxcatcher,’ ‘Interstellar,’ ‘The...
“Don’t Judge a Book by Its Cover” is a proverb whose simple existence proves the fact impressionable souls will do so without fail. This monthly column focuses on the film industry’s willingness to...
View ArticleREVIEW: The Book of Life [2014]
“Always play from the heart” I’ve held fascination for Día de Muertos ever since seventh grade Spanish class. There’s just something about its love for the dead and ability to turn something scary to...
View ArticleREVIEW: Foxcatcher [2014]
“John du Pont is … kind of a mentor to me” Now here’s a film with immaculate construction in production design, sound design, acting, and direction. The only thing Foxcatcher lacks is the breathing...
View ArticleREVIEW: Jupiter Ascending [2015]
“The problem with astrology … total bullshit” Sometimes filmgoers simply want to be entertained and often don’t mind when the means of that fun skews towards the headier side of things—no matter how...
View ArticleREVIEW: The Hateful Eight [2015]
“Well I’ll be double-dog damned” It appears Quentin Tarantino has decided to go back to his roots by making his eighth feature film The Hateful Eight in the same vein as his debut Reservoir Dogs—namely...
View ArticleREVIEW: Hail, Caesar! [2016]
“It’s all in the hips, the lips, the eyes, and the thighs” You don’t think much when you read the Coen Brothers have been bouncing Hail, Caesar! around since 2004. After all, they’re prolific auteurs...
View ArticleREVIEW: Logan Lucky [2017]
“Did you just say cauliflower to me?” The story is as follows: Steven Soderbergh—while on hiatus from feature films (previously known as retirement)—received a script from a mutual friend of his and...
View ArticleREVIEW: Kingsman: The Golden Circle [2017]
“There’s no room for emotion in this scenario” When Kingsman: The Secret Service debuted, comparisons to creator Mark Millar‘s other comic book to cinematic adaptation Kick-Ass were obvious. How the...
View ArticleREVIEW: Smallfoot [2018]
“True your aim” Would it be hyperbolic to call Smallfoot the most dangerous film of the year? Definitely … and yet it wouldn’t necessarily be wrong. Yes there’s a wholesome message at the back of what...
View ArticleREVIEW: Havoc [2005]
“There is a monetary zone of geography which we’re not allowed to pass” I can’t help wondering what Havoc might have been if Jessica Kaplan had the means to make it herself in the 90s like today’s...
View ArticleREVIEW: The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part [2019]
“Listen to the music” A film like The LEGO Movie is a once-in-a-decade type achievement (so to see its filmmakers Phil Lord and Christopher Miller also write/produce another once-in-a-decade feat with...
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