I’ll admit, I have a slight soft spot for Jeff Nichols. My first year at the Sundance Film Festival back in 2011, his film, Take Shelter, was the first film that I saw at the festival that blew me away and set the standard for what a good Sundance movie was and still is for me. From that point on, I’ve loved him as a filmmaker. He has elevated his talents and grown as a writer…
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Jake Gyllenhaal has become one of the best actors working today. Having started off his career kind of rough, he has since grown into a mature, brilliant actor who continues to push himself by taking on challenging roles in good movies. With his latest film, Demolition, coming out this Friday, let’s take a look at the best performances from Jake Gyllenhaal. 5 – BILLY HOPE in SOUTHPAW (Antoine Fuqua, 2015) When Southpaw came out last summer, I was convinced…
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As I write this, we are in the middle of the Coronavirus pandemic. It has effected nearly every aspect of our lives, everything from commuting to work to sports and entertainment. Today, March 26th, 2020, was supposed to be opening day for Major League Baseball. Opening Day is one of the bigger days of the sports year, as it ushers in a new season of America’s pastime and lets everyone know that summer is near. …
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It was reported earlier this week (via Variety) that NBC will be adapting Aaron Sorkin’s play-turned-movie A Few Good Men (1992) into a live production, a la The Sound of Music and Peter Pan. Now unlike the past musicals, I am really interested in this. A Few Good Men is one of my favorite movies of all-time and it’s the film that launched Sorkin’s career in the film world. So who should NBC cast for their version of the courtroom drama?…
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I’ve seen a lot of movies in my life. I’ve seen good movies, bad movies, funny movies, sad movies, scary movies, all sorts of movies. Movies today rarely surprise me or show me something new. Sure, we get movies like Gravity (2013) and Birdman (2014) that blow us all away and push the boundaries of filmmaking to another level, but for a majority of films, whatever they’re trying to do has already been done. Not saying that’s a bad thing, it…
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Director Richard Linkater called his latest film a spiritual sequel to Dazed and Confused (1993). Seeing as Dazed and Confused is one of my favorite movies all-time, the bar was set extremely high for Everybody Wants Some!!. It gives me great pleasure to say that Everybody Wants Some! hits that bar. This is a funny, sweet, heartfelt nostalgia piece and another great Linklater moment. Everybody Wants Some!! follows a college baseball team in Texas the weekend before classes start. We watch…
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April is an interesting month for movies. It’s a nice mix of big budget blockbusters, like Captain America: The Winter Solider (2014) and Fast Five (2011), and smaller indie hits like Ex-Machina (2015) and Mud (2013). This April looks to be about the same, though leaning more towards the smaller scale side. Here are five movies you should check out this month. 5 – Keanu (Peter Atencio, April 29) Keegan Michael Key and Jordan Peele are the masterminds behind the best…
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It’s really hard to not get excited about a movie that has Batman and Superman in it. Never before have the two comic book giants graced the screen together and now, thanks to Zack Snyder, we finally get to see the two titans go at it. Unfortunately, the feeling of excitement quickly diminishes and turns to anger and hope. Anger at what I am watching and hope that it gets better. Batman v Superman: Dawn…
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In honor of “the greatest gladiator match in the history of the world” and the first on-screen pairing of the two most iconic comic book characters off all-time, here’s a look at all the movies from the two titans. I will warn you guys, I am not a big Superman movie fan. Batman smokes him on this front, so yeah. 13 – Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (Sidney J. Furie, 1987) There a…
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Allegiant is the third installment of the Divergent series following Divergent (2014) and Insurgent (2015). And, much like most YA adaptations nowadays, the studios decided to split the final entry of the series into two movies. So far, splitting the final chapter into two has not panned out so well. Harry Potter and Deathly Hallows: Part I (2010) was boring but Deathly Hallows: Part II (2011) was extraordinary. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 (2014) and Part 2 (2015) both suffered from redundancy and lack…
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