A Hidden Life – Review
When Austria was annexed Germany in 1938, by most accounts rule by their sinister new overlords were incredibly popular. Infamously, a referendum that year to accept Hitler as national leader….
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Joker review: A masturbatory, self-consciously dark film constantly ripping off Taxi Driver
With an origin story for the most notorious villain in the Batman universe, Todd Phillips had an opportunity to make the Natural Born Killers of our time: a brilliant movie….
VICE – Review
Adam McKay’s career is the equivalent of the person who abruptly announces a change of gears by saying, “Now that I have your attention”. Starting in 1995 he cut his….
BlackKKlansman – Review
“Anger, let’s be blunt, is too often ascribed to black people and it’s certainly been overused to describe Spike Lee many times throughout his long and varied career. Much of….
The 10 Best Films of 2015 – A Year In review
The year 2015 certainly seemed long enough that it might never arrive, but the time has indeed come to talk about it in the past tense. Let the record show….
The Hateful Eight
Does Tarantino expose the vile undercurrent of racism in America—or does he exploit it? The Hateful Eight, touted in stereotypically pompous fashion even in the opening credits as “the 8th….
Inside Out
In its two decades so far, Pixar has given us many wonderful movies, starting with their first and to this date best, Toy Story. That 1995 game-changer set the bar….
Aloha
There are a number of compelling reasons to not cast Emma Stone as your movie’s sole mixed race character. An obvious concern, of course, is that Stone is white and….
Mad Max: Fury Road
“Oh, what a day. What a lovely day!”, one of the characters excitedly proclaims early in Fury Road upon assessing the spectacular damage wrought during a chase through a blistering….
It Follows
It’s not overstating things by that much to say that comedies should be measured most decisively by how frequently and hard they make you laugh, action movies by their excitement….
Unfinished Business
Unfinished Business is an exhausted wheeze of a comedy. It plays like trying to hurry off to a business meeting while your desk and work computer are wrapped around your….
GAMbIT’s 2015 Oscars Predictions
If only the enthusiastic raves from movie critics were enough, there would be no need for the industry to hand out awards to itself. Obviously it’s not and the entire….