A shorter version of this review, originally published for CLTure, was posted on their site on July 14th, 2016. For most folks, everyday life is a series of innocuous moments: getting up, eating breakfast, kissing your family before you leave the house for work, the commute, the… Read More ›
Publications
Team Work Makes The Dream Work – The Secret Life of Pets Review
A shorter version of this review, originally published for CLTure, was posted on their site on July 6th, 2016. From the studio that brought you Despicable Me and Minions, comes The Secret Life of Pets, an animated tale (tail?) that provides a peek into the lives of… Read More ›
An Uneven Magical Spectacle – The BFG Review
I wrote a shorter version of this review originally for CLTure and it was posted on their site on June 30, 2016. There is barely a bookshelf that has not held the weight of their words of Roald Dahl. His stories delight our… Read More ›
Is The End Nigh? X-Men: Apocalypse Review
I wrote this review originally for CLTure and it was posted on their site on May 15, 2016. X-Men: Apocalypse, the eighth installment in the X-Men cinematic series, aims to do something new within an old story in a genre that’s kicking… Read More ›
This is my SHIT! – Keanu Review
If you’re not already familiar with writing/acting partners Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele, I’m not sure where you’ve been for the last few years. They met on the set of MadTV, forming an intense nerd-bond almost immediately. Their partnership gave… Read More ›
Let It Go: The Huntsman-Winter’s War Review
Chris Hemsworth has been a busy guy ever since he doned his cape as Thor in 2011, making a name for himself with his versatility in a wide range of pictures. Starting when he doned his cape as Thor in… Read More ›
Embrace Your Inner Strange: Everybody Wants Some!! Review
From the mind of Waking Life, the Sunrise trilogy, and Dazed and Confused comes writer/director Richard Linklater’s newest, Everybody Wants Some!!, out nationwide this Friday, April 22nd. Billed as the “spiritual sequel” to the 1993 classic Dazed and Confused, Everybody… Read More ›
EOM Must Apologize
It has come to our attention that the release date for Everybody Wants Some has been moved from today, April 15th, to next Friday, April 22nd. As such, we are required to pull our review until the release date. We stand… Read More ›
The Monsters Within: 10 Cloverfield Lane Review
In early January, the Internet exploded with chatter over a movie trailer. It wasn’t for Marvel’s upcoming civil war or DC’s mega-bro slamfest between Superman and Batman, but a small indie picture from producing partners J.J. Abrams and Drew Goddard… Read More ›
Marvel’s “Guardians of the Galaxy” is a space oddity.
Heralding a return to silly, thrilling space travel movies, Guardians of the Galaxy, opening August 1st, is Marvel Studio’s tenth picture and the final standalone piece of what they call “Phase 2.” Directed and co-written by James Gunn (Slither, Super),… Read More ›