★★ However thin the excuses have been for Disney’s recent live action remakes beyond just making money, up until this…
Hell or High Water (2016) – Movie Review
★★★★ Went into this one with next to no expectations, and came out pleasantly surprised indeed. With Hell or High…
Moonlight (2016) – Movie Review
★★★★★ To be intimate with other people is impossible without understanding oneself. The word intimate is the first off the…
Manchester by the Sea (2016) – Movie Review
★★★★½ Grief is a process. It’s a process that can stick with people for the rest of their lives, and…
Fences (2016) – Movie Review
★★★½ It is clear how much reverence Denzel Washington, the star and director of Fences, has for the original stage…
Lion (2016) – Movie Review
★★★ There is a version of Lion, the one sold in its advertisements, that is the kind of movie that…
Hidden Figures (2016) – Movie Review
★★★ The title of Hidden Figures is appropriate in more ways than one when discussing the untold stories of the…
Hacksaw Ridge (2016) – Movie Review
★★½ Being Mel Gibson’s fourth movie Hacksaw Ridge, if nothing else, makes for a good skeleton key to Gibson’s artistic…
Arrival (2016) – Movie Review
★★★½ In Ted Chiang’s “Story of Your Life”, upon which Arrival is based, a key plot point revolves around the…
La La Land (2016) – Movie Review
★★★★ A commonplace sentiment for many a moviegoer is an aversion to the musical. Being unable to buy into the…