Get Out – 2017

Easily one of the most conflicting films of this year, Get Out focuses on a young black man whose visit with his white girlfriend’s family doesn’t go so well. The thing that this film does well is blend horror with the reality of the black population. The theme of the film is how white people […]

Dunkirk – 2017

Christopher Nolan has proven time and again that he is one of the best working directors today. His latest effort demonstrates exactly how talented he is; Dunkirk is a war movie that goes above and beyond. The film focuses on three different aspects of the evacuation of Dunkirk during WWII: the land, the sea, and […]

The Greatest Showman – 2017

Musicals are coming back in a big way, and none is more of a spectacle than the Greatest Showman. Hugh Jackman stars as P.T. Barnum and the film shows Barnum’s early years founding his famous circus. The film follows a pretty standard formula, but it offers up CGI heavy musical numbers that leave he audience […]

It’s a Wonderful Life – 1946

No Christmas is complete without It’s a Wonderful Life. There is something to watching the heartwarming tale of George Bailey on Christmas Day while thinking about all the good things that you have in life. There’s a reason that this film is considered the quintessential Christmas film as its message has endured for 70 years. […]

A Most Wanted Man – 2014

Gone too soon is a phrase that is used a lot to describe good actors who have passed away, I’ll use it here to describe Phillip Seymour Hoffman. Hoffman’s last starring role is as Gunther Bachmann, a German Intelligence Agent using a political refugee to catch a terrorism financier. The film works well to showcase […]

Detroit – 2017

Race relations in this country have always been tense, but few times have been as destructive as the 1967 Detroit riots. Beginning with a series of arrests and ending with one of the worst riots in American history. The film revolves around a shooting at the Algiers Motel which quickly gets out of hand after […]