Category: Review

  • Star Wars: The Force Awakens

    Star Wars: The Force Awakens

    The year was 1999. I was 14 years old sitting in the biggest theater of my city ready to watch a brand new Star Wars movie. I’ll never forget the clapping. The 20th Century Fox logo. The Lucasfilm insignia. “A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away.” All of it was met with…

  • Birdman

    Birdman

    With Oscar season is in full swing, it’s time to look back at 2014’s best picture winner: Birdman. Join us as we discuss why Birdman is a perfect film, the value of critics, and the plight of the artist.

  • The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2

    The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2

    If you have ever seen a movie about someone being stranded at sea, you may know the popular phrase: “Water, water everywhere but not a drop to drink.” As I left the theater after watching the finale of the Hunger Games “trilogy” I felt like I was stranded at sea…adrift…seeing what looked like hope all…

  • Brooklyn

    Brooklyn

    Imagine leaving your country and everything you’ve always known with just a suitcase and the clothes on your back. Suddenly, you’re a foreigner in a strange, new land. No friends, no family – just a job and a place to sleep at night. That’s the premise of Brooklyn. Eilis is just 20 years old when…

  • Creed

    Creed

    There’s a Simpsons gag* where Bart has to solve a puzzle using Roman numerals and he uses the only modern-day frame of reference he has: Rocky movie titles. The punchline, “Rocky VII: Adrian’s Revenge!” was funny because at the time there were only four Rocky movies and no one could imagine that stretching to seven…

  • Room

    Room

    The Oscar season is upon us. Right out of the gate is Room, a powerful story of a mother’s love for her son in the face of unimaginable circumstances. Listen in as we discuss one of the best films of the year.

  • It’s a Wonderful Life

    It’s a Wonderful Life

    If you’re looking to gratify a sense of nostalgia, or if you want to be stimulated by a film that has a good old-fashioned love story, or if you have an itch to see someone stick it to the man and watch an underdog fight the powers-that-be, or if you have a soft spot for…

  • Steve Jobs

    Steve Jobs

    Steve Jobs boots up fast. We open to the man of the hour as he stares at a computer screen with a scowl. Something’s not right. The music swells with urgency. We see an auditorium filling up behind him, but the show can’t start until Jobs is satisfied. He walks backstage – a moving conductor…

  • In the Name of the Father

    In the Name of the Father

    If you were to drive by one of my family’s gatherings you could look into the dirt driveway and see, affixed to several bumpers, a sticker that reads: “England Get Out of Ireland.” Although we have quite a bit of Irish Catholic blood in our veins, there is also a significant amount of English in…

  • Far From Heaven

    Far From Heaven

    For me, the most wonderful time of year is not the end of November to the end of December, but the end of September to the end of October. The feverish flush of trees, the swells of wind, sunsets that smear across the sky; it is a parade, all the more gorgeous because it is…