2014 Winter Schedule

Ok, so I haven't ditched this. I've just been extremely busy. As a student, they call this time final season, and thus I've been studying my ass off instead of writing reviews for everyone to enjoy. Once again, I'm sorry. I've also been spitballing some new ideas with myself, but that's coming down the pipeline in 2015. But, nevertheless, I'll be going to a lot of movies over my 3-week (!!!) break. Listed are the movies that will be playing near me from Dec. 20-Jan. 11 and that I'm interested in.

Movie Review: The Theory of Everything

Rated PG-13

122 minutes

Directed by James Marsh

Thoughts about Birdman

Rated R

119 minutes

Directed by Alejandro G. Inarritu

Note: I so desperately want to write a long review on this movie, but it seems like everything that was needing to be said about this movie was said. As such, I have a mix between a brief thoughts and a movie review on this one, which is kind of funny, given that it's a favorite of mine. This isn't to diss the review I have written, but merely a means to say a film can be great, but was dissected enough that you won't have enough to say. 

Brief Thoughts: Dumb and Dumber To

Rated PG-13

110 minutes

Directed by The Farrelly Brothers

Movie Review: Interstellar

Rated PG-13

169 minutes

Directed by Christopher Nolan

First off, let me get this out of the way; I did have problems with the sound mixing. There were plenty of scenes that were drowned out by bass, especially that one scene (the one with Murph and Cooper as Cooper's about to go away). I'm just like everyone else. My theater isn't different. I'm just a regular joe.

Movie Review: Whiplash

Rated R

106 minutes

Directed by Damien Chazelle

How far would you go to push people to their best?

Movie Review/Spoiler-Free Analysis: Nightcrawler

Rated R

117 minutes

Directed by Dan Gilroy

What is the line between perfectionism and insanity? You want to be the best, but what measures do you go to to be the best? Louis Bloom takes perfectionism to the next level. He puts everybody in danger in order to get the shot for his television news video business. This is because as the film goes on, he becomes more and more enamored with the money of it. Louis wants to make the money to buy the lottery ticket he references in his pitch to an employer in the beginning in the movie, but he doesn't care how he gets it.