The True Cost
It was the only day of the year my eyes ever saw 4am when I was in high school: Black Friday. My cousin, visiting from out of town, and I…
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Her
The film opens with a man’s voice. It’s a sincere voice, affectionate, sensual yet caring. The camera slowly pans over the man’s face, and he’s reading an intimate letter, a…
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B
The Witch
About this time last year, buzz began to spread about a horror film hot off the festival circuit called It Follows. The reviews were incredible. Critics called it one of…
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Son of Saul
Son of Saul is a movie unlike any other I’ve seen. Critics agree. It has recently racked up an Academy Award, a Golden Globe, four awards at the Cannes film…
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B+
Suffragette
Winston Churchill said “History is written by the victors” and while this is true, I will add “especially if the victors are white, educated, land-owning men.” Rarely are the mainstream…
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B-
Batman v Superman
I swear there was a period in the middle of the movie where no one talked for like 30 minutes. There was just a series of barely-cohesive shots of people…
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B+
Risen
Most Easter seasons of the last decade, Hollywood has given those of the Christian faith a movie or TV special/series with a biblical theme — the more money to make….
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10 Cloverfield Lane
Is Cloverfield 2: The Clovering a true sequel? Is it part of a broader, under-the-radar, Twilight Zone-style anthology from the mind of J.J. Abrams? Is it a character-driven thriller with…
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The Maze Runner
I pretty quickly decided this wasn’t my type of movie thanks to the trailer – a bunch of teenage boys stuck in some kind of maze getting mauled by sci-fi…
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Watch on the Rhine
“In the first week of April 1940 there were few men in the world who could have believed that, in less than three months, Denmark, Norway, Belgium, Holland and France…
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