Every so often there is a movie that comes around that wows me, and yet I had never heard of it. Perhaps it is an indie film, an obscure foreign film, or maybe a big budget studio film that ran out of money for marketing. The invention of Netflix has given me easy access to far more than ever before, resulting in quite a few great finds from Tucker and Dale vs. Evil to Merantau. One such find is Jeremy Saulnier’s 2013 dramatic revenge thriller Blue Ruin. Seeing this film led me to watch Saulnier’s follow-up film Green Room in theaters as soon as I could, and I am here today to tell you why more people should be paying attention to Jeremy Saulnier.
Read MoreMovie Review: Keanu
Have you been looking for a movie that combines kittens, gangsters, shootouts, George Michael, and laughs? Me neither. Then I saw the first trailer for Keanu and realized that this is a movie that has been missing from my life. Making a film that combines my love of adorable kittens with fun action and capping it all off with a healthy dose of comedy, I knew this was a film I just had to see.
Read MoreThe Light Side Of The Star Wars Prequels
It’s no surprise that there are countless Star Wars fans in the world today, a fact made even more apparent as Star Wars: The Force Awakens shattered records during its theatrical run. I am one of those fans, and have been since I was a small child watching the original trilogy on VHS. Today I have decided to put that fandom to the test by taking on a mountain of a task- defending the Star Wars prequels.
Read MoreRemembering Prince’s Strange Odyssey Through Gotham City
It’s a damn shame that the topic of my very first Shelf Space blog entry had to be inspired by tragedy. I’m just one of the millions of people all over the world who was left completely stunned by last week’s announcement that pop/rock/R&B icon Prince had died suddenly at the age of 57. Whenever we lose one of these legendary rock gods, the only real upside is that it gets people to rediscover (or maybe even listen to for the first time) their body of work, and Prince’s in particular was huge. In this article, I want to revisit what originally made me a fan of his from a very young age - his notoriously odd, yet completely unforgettable contribution to the legacy of the Dark Knight himself – Batman.
Read MoreMovie Review: Hardcore Henry
I am an action movie junkie. For years I have sought out the best action films I can find from all over the world. In recent years, the bar has been set incredibly high with the stunning martial arts in Ip Man, the wonderful over-the-top shoot outs of The Expendables 2, the crazy car chases of Fast 5, and of course there is the complete package of martial arts, guns, knives, and hard-hitting violence that is the Raid series. Ever since The Raid 2, I have been anxiously seeking my next fix, that next great action movie featuring hard-hitting stunts and great cinematography. There have been some fun ones. Somewhat recently, I was pleasantly surprised by London Has Fallen, not that I would call it a good movie, but it knew what it was and it was unabashedly a fun B-Movie type of action flick, only with a bigger budget, greater violence and a more talented cast…and yet as fun as it was, it didn’t quite fill that void. And then a new one came out: Hardcore Henry...
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