Posts Tagged ‘Topher Grace’
Film Review – Buddy
Writer/director Casper Kelly made a big splash with the short film Too Many Cooks (2014). A parody of TV sitcoms of the 80s and 90s, the short started out with a generic title sequence that quickly descended into a bizarre slasher. A serial killer popped out of nowhere to…
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Film Review – Never Change!
I’m willing to bet that for most of us, the notion of reliving high school is a nightmare. Sure, we wouldn’t have to deal with the responsibilities of being an adult, but we would be burdened with the stress of that awkward teenage phase. Being…
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Top 15 Films of 2018 – Allen’s Picks
The beauty of cinema is how it works as a reflection of our society – our hopes, our fears, and our desires. Films are a timestamp of who were, who we are, and what we could possibly be. A thousand years from now, people can…
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Film Review – BlacKkKlansman
The great revelation of Spike Lee’s BlacKkKlansman (2018) is how imagery can be used as powerful motivators, cultivating the way people feel and act. Throughout his entire career, Lee has been deeply concerned with racism in our society and how it has survived and evolved…
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Film Review – Truth
Truth tells the story of a 60 Minutes story controversy that happened in 2004. The film is based on the memoir of 60 Minutes producer Mary Mapes entitled Truth and Duty: The Press, The President, and The Privilege of Power. Producer Mary Mapes (Cate Blanchett)…
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Film Review – American Ultra
The pairing of Kristen Stewart and Jesse Eisenberg again in American Ultra will no doubt remind one of the Greg Mottola’s Adventureland. While Adventureland is a coming-of-age dramedy, it should not be confused in any way with American Ultra. First, it is not an indie…
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Film Review – Interstellar
Director and screenwriter Christopher Nolan has reached a level in his film career where he can take huge chances with his original films. Inception is the first example. Its complexity threatens to kill the story and the likability of the film as a whole. You can still get…
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Film Review – Don Peyote
Self-indulgent. That describes both the main character and the new film Don Peyote itself. Meant to be a comically surreal journey through one slacker’s drug addled head, instead this film is a meandering bout of navel gazing that tires out the viewer well before it…
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