Slow West (2015)

I’m not sure if the western frontier of America can be described in terms of speed. In fact, the West comprises of so much territory that such a definition would be too broad to obtain accurate specificity. However, the setting of director John Maclean’s Slow West certainly does invoke an unhurried atmosphere through its depiction of the…

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Me and Earl and the Dying Girl (2015)

Me and Earl and the Dying Girl is a surprise. On the outside, the film looks to be like your typical, sappy young adult movie that contains a little humor and a lot of drama all rolled around themes of adolescence that haven’t been captured too successfully on screen in recent years. However, the film’s focus…

While We’re Young (2015)

There’s a sequence in While We’re Young that shows the contrasting uses of technology between Josh (Ben Stiller) and Cornelia Schrebnick (Naomi Watts) and Jamie (Adam Driver) and Darby Massey (Amanda Seyfried). On one side you have Josh and Cornelia, who are a middle-aged couple utilizing digital devices and music/video streaming services. While on the other side,…

Terminator Genisys (2015)

I’m not trying to pat myself on the back, but I’m probably one of the most qualified candidates to give an objective review of Terminator Genisys. Growing up, the Terminator films were not a staple of my childhood, as they seem to be for the majority of my peers. About a year ago, I finally managed to watch…

Ted 2 (2015)

Comedies and sequels have always gone together like peanut butter and chocolate… if someone dropped the peanut butter on the ground and scooped it up with an old shoe. Caddyshack, Airplane, and even Ghostbusters lost a bit of luster the second time around. But recently 22 Jump Street has inspired some hope within my soul that a comedy sequel can match,…

Entourage (2015)

I set out to write a review for Entourage and this is what came out.These reviews are written for free. Taylor and I aren’t getting paid, we’re doing this purely for the love of cinema, and our few and fiercely loyal fans (we love you all). So with the Entourage movie coming out, one of us had to commit…

Paddington (2015)

Live action kids movies that focus on computer animated characters are either hit or miss. On one side, you've got films like Casper and Stuart Little. And on the other side, you've got uninspiring failures such as Yogi Bear and The Smurfs. Fortunately, Paddington belongs in the former group. But this adaptation of Michael Bond's classic children's character is more than just a…

Spy (2015)

There’s a new rule for the summer film season: Melissa McCarthy must fall down. Last year we got Tammy, in which Melissa McCarthy fell down a lot. The year previous, we got The Heat, in which Melissa McCarthy fell down a lot but this time she was a cop. So seeing the trailers for Spy in which Melissa McCarthy…

It Follows (2015)

You know a film has some sort of experiential power when someone has to warn you about it. And I’m not talking about those phony “inspired by a true story” warnings tacked on to the front of movies or even those “may trigger a seizure” labels before 3-D movies. I’m talking about cautionary word of…

Jurassic World (2015)

​Jurassic World’s early box office numbers seem to suggest it’s going to be a big hit for Universal (one of many for the year).  Big hits mean bigger sequels, but I honestly don’t know what they would be able to do. I just can’t believe that in the universe of Jurassic Park there’s still one guy who…