Review – The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
Cinemark’s Oscar Movie Week continues with a film that premiered almost a full year before it was nominated for Best Picture. Director Wes Anderson’s The Grand Budapest Hotel is easily his best film to...
View ArticleReview – Selma (2014)
As Cinemark’s Oscar Movie Week reaches its midway point, we come to possibly the most controversial film in the running for Best Picture this year. A lot of people are confused as to why Selma was only...
View ArticleReview – Boyhood (2014)
My favorite line in Boyhood is, “I’d rather have my balls clawed off than sit through that again,” because that’s exactly how I felt when they said it. Back when it was released during the summer, I...
View ArticleReview – The Imitation Game (2014)
The Imitation Game tells the somewhat obscure story of Alan Turing (Benedict Cumberbatch), the man who essentially invented the modern day computer while helping the British military attempt to decode...
View ArticleReview – Whiplash (2014)
Whiplash is a powerful, exciting ride of tense emotion. Its astounding performances and courage make it an absolute masterpiece. Miles Teller plays Andrew, a drummer in his first year at Schaffer, as...
View ArticleReview – American Sniper (2014)
The last film I saw in Cinemark’s Oscar Movie Week was American Sniper, and it figures that it would be the hardest for me to place. On one hand, it’s a gripping drama with impeccable acting and...
View ArticleReview – My Little Pony: Twinkle Wish Adventure (2009)
There was a time when My Little Pony was known as mindless entertainment for toddlers. I don’t think that was ever necessarily true, but Twinkle Wish Adventure does not help my case. While it’s not the...
View ArticleReview – My Little Pony: A Very Minty Christmas (2005)
I’m a sucker for sweetness, but I’m also a slave to substance, so children’s videos like these are a dangerous minefield of disappointment. Luckily for me, My Little Pony: A Very Minty Christmas has at...
View ArticleReview – My Little Pony: A Very Pony Place (2006)
In a desperately needed change of pace for the franchise, A Very Pony Place is an anthology film rather than one long story. While the stand-alone shorts from this era of My Little Pony aren’t able to...
View ArticleIn Defense of Pocahontas
When I was a kid, I thought Pocahontas was an okay movie. It was never my favorite, but I liked the villains and Flit and Meeko. Later on, I went through a cynical period that included an irritation...
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