Posts Tagged ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’
Film Review – Pillion
Pillion (2025) strives to be another A24 hit, thrust forth into the moviegoers’ consciousness by another stellar marketing campaign. Based on the novel Box Hill by Adam Mars-Jones, screenwriter and director Harry Lighton knew exactly what this story could be and struck gold with the…
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Film Review – Fifty Shades Freed
Who would’ve thought that a story about a control freak man and an introverted woman entering a BDSM relationship would somehow spawn a three-film franchise? The Fifty Shades series has never made much sense in any particular aspect. E.L. James’ novels were born out of…
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Film Review – Fifty Shades Darker
What exactly is the appeal of Christian Grey? Sure, he has enormous wealth and the body of a well-trained athlete, but is that enough to look past his creepy tendencies? The guy is a control freak, who takes what he wants when he wants it…
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Top 15 Films of 2015 – Allen’s Picks
I know what people say: “Lists of anything are dumb. How can you take something as subjective as movies and rank them in order?” Well, that’s kind of the beauty of it: no one list is definitive. If anything, putting out one’s favorite films only reveals…
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SXSW Film Review – The Nymphets
In The Nymphets (2015), a well established thirty something named Joe (Kip Pardue) runs into two girls outside of a bar. Brittany (Annabelle Dexter-Jones) and Allyson (Jordan Lane Price) are loud, rowdy, playful, and flirtatious. They quickly take a liking to Joe, and he finds…
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Film Review – Fifty Shades of Grey
In Fifty Shades of Grey (2015), virginal literature student Anastasia Steele (Dakota Johnson) enters into a BDSM relationship with billionaire Christian Grey (Jamie Dornan). The main point of tension is the negotiation of a contract. This contract outlines the dominant/submissive sexual arrangement that Christian will…
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