Logan – 2017

It feels like Hugh Jackman has been Wolverine for his entire life. He played the character for seventeen years and he gave 100% every time. Logan is the grand finale for a character who has been around since the first X-Men film and without whom the series will definitely suffer. The beauty of Logan comes […]

The Sting – 1973

Paul Newman and Robert Redford are two of the finest actors ever, and they are rarely finer than when they appear together. One of the their finest and the finest overall is The Sting. The film follows a pair of con men who set out to con a crime lord out of an obscene amount […]

Strong Island – 2017

True crime is all the rage right now and no one seems to do it better than Netflix. Yance Ford asks a very simple question and executes it gracefully: what happened to my brother? For over twenty years she has lived with the fact that her brother was murdered and the man responsible never went […]

Skyfall – 2012

James Bond is an icon. Since his first appearance in Dr. No in 1962, he has been the gold standard for the spy film. There is a constant debate about who the best James Bond is. I don’t think that calling Daniel Craig the best Bond is fair, but denying his charisma and charm as […]

All About Eve – 1950

Bette Davis is an exquisite actress, but the true star of All About Eve has to be the incredible Anne Baxter. The film follows aging actress Margo Channing (Davis) who takes a young up-and-comer named Eve Harrington (Baxter) under her wing. The film explores how threatened Margo feels when the younger Eve begins her ascent […]

Darkest Hour – 2017

World War II is probably the most common period of time used in historical films. This period of time lends itself to so many great stories, following both the soldiers as well as the climate back home. Darkest Hour follows the first few weeks of Winston Churchill’s (Gary Oldman) tenure as wartime Prime Minister. The […]