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Film Review – The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Young love isn’t the easiest thing to accurately represent. The highs and devastating lows of teenage infatuation have surely and wholly consumed most reading this at some point, and, when depicted well on screen, can take us right back to the pain associated with these…
READ MOREFilm Review – Hotel Transylvania
Don’t be thrown by the tender notes hit upon in the opening moments of Hotel Transylvania. You’ll be graciously rewarded for your patience when the first fart joke hits at about minute three.
READ MOREFilm Review – Brooklyn Brothers Beat the Best
Singer-songwriter Alex (Ryan O’Nan), the main character in Brooklyn Brothers Beat the Best, is in a bad place. He makes his living not closing on low-level real estate deals, his girlfriend has left him, he’s been dumped by three bands in one year, and he…
READ MOREFilm Review – Won’t Back Down
Most of us can probably recall at least one teacher in our lives who made some sort of impact on us during our journey to adulthood. A good teacher can open a student’s eyes to the world around them and prepare them for what awaits…
READ MOREFilm Review – House at the End of the Street
Acting in a horror movie is like a rite of passage for most actors and actresses. Sure, you can be talented and have a wide range of ability, but sooner or later the draw of the horror genre can’t be denied. Take Jennifer Lawrence, for…
READ MORESTIFF Film Review – Roadmap to Apartheid
Screened at Seattle’s True Independent Film Festival (STIFF), the engaging documentary Roadmap to Apartheid profiles the current struggles of life amongst Palestinians and Israelis in the current state of Israel. The film posits the premise that the situation in Israel now is analogous to that…
READ MOREFilm Review – The Master
It’s apparent that director Paul Thomas Anderson is in love with the language of film. Every shot in one of his movies is framed and draped with so much attention to detail, and filled with so much enthusiasm for what is being delivered, that it…
READ MOREFilm Review – End of Watch
It isn’t often I get to see a film where even though there are a fair amount of issues I can nitpick, the overall project is so compelling that the issues don’t matter. End of Watch is one of those movies. The more I think…
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