Netflix Your Weekend | The Babadook
The first movie that ever really scared me was The Exorcist or possibly Poltergeist. Why on earth my parents ever let me watch those movies when I was a kid is beyond me (maybe they didn’t and I just watched…
In Theaters April 23rd, 2015
Since we’re already focused on NEXT week and the opening of Avengers: Age of Ultron, this week could be considered a bit of a filler week leading up to every single theater in the world playing AoU on every important screen. However,…
Top 5 Marvel Movies
It is a mere 10 days until Marvel Madness (a disease known to cause fits of hysteria, cosplay, and long lines for midnight showings) to grip America and theaters around the world. Two Marvel movies made a combined $593 million…
Review | While We’re Young
Noah Baumbach is one of those directors/writers that embodies the indie spirit. Born and raised in Brooklyn, he was made to be imbued with an urban chic/hipsterism aesthetic. His best written characters tend to have a natural authenticity, often characteristic…
Netflix Your Weekend | Daredevil
Marvel. Just say the name nowadays to even the most casual of fans to TV and film and you are bound to get a reaction. Whether you are the hopeless fanboy who had been eating up what they have been…
In Theaters April 16th, 2015
These couple weeks leading up to the beginning of May can be categorized as, “Weekends left until Age of Ultron comes out”. While I will leave you to count the weeks we have left, some of this week’s new releases…
Review | Spring
Sci-Fi and horror are two unique dramas that allow filmmakers the space to create movies with unique visuals, obviously. But, it also gives filmmakers an alternate way to deal with complex inner-life and outer-life issues. From the meta realities of…
Netflix Your Weekend | Exit Through The Gift Shop
If you grew up in a big city or metro area, like I did in the Milwaukee metro, graffiti and graffiti art was an ubiquitous part of the urban landscape. Even when I lived in Stevens Point, Wisconsin, about as…
In Theaters April 9th, 2015
After predicting the box office success of Furious 7, I feel on a roll to make another, bolder prediction. This weekend, you have, what I am hoping and thinking, will be the best Sci-FI movie of 2015. Needless to say, I…
Review | The Overnighters
A couple of weeks ago I got the chance to do an extended review of the very high quality documentary by Jess Moss, The Overnighters, over at Reel Thinking. For those of you who might have missed it, here is that review…