Spy Versus Spy
Allied by Hope Madden In turns grand and intimate, Allied blends pulp and melodrama with old Hollywood glamour. We open on a dashing Max Vatan (Brad Pitt), landing in a…read more →
Archive For November, 2016
What’s In a Name?
Loving by Hope Madden Like Barry Jenkins’s miraculous Moonlight, the new film from Jeff Nichols offers a needed, optimistic reminder that progress is not dead and the ugliness of hatred…read more →
Polynesian Princess
Moana by Hope Madden Disney’s no Pixar, but in 2016 that doesn’t seem to matter. In an ocean of excellent animation this year, Disney’s Zootopia stands out as quite possibly…read more →
I Want to Believe
Bad Santa 2 by George Wolf Thirteen years after showing us that it’s probably not a candy cane in his pocket, Bad Santa is back for more naughtiness. Thirteen years, really?…read more →
Bizarre Billionaire Love Triangle
Rules Don’t Apply by Matt Weiner Warren Beatty is back behind the camera for his fifth feature film in almost as many decades. Rules Don’t Apply, also co-written and co-produced…read more →
Fright Club: Norse/Scandinavian Horror
It’s been too long since we took a trip around the world to see how certain corners view horror. Today we head to the cluster of chilly Norse and Scandinavian…read more →
Hard Knock Life
No Pay, Nudity by Hope Madden Director (Ohio’s own) Lee Wilkof and screenwriter Ethan Sandler tap into years of collective wisdom from the inside to create a bittersweet, in-the-know glimpse…read more →
Magical Menagerie
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them by Hope Madden Newt Scamander (Eddie Redmayne) protects that which is unusual and therefore feared and persecuted. Funny that it took so long…read more →
High School Confidential
The Edge of Seventeen by George Wolf Even if you had a good time in high school, let’s be honest. Would you really want to go back? Doubtful. And The Edge…read more →
Fright Club: Horror’s Best Weirdos
Horror loves it some weirdos – and so do we! Be honest, Carrie would not have done nearly so much damage had she fit in somehow, right? Oh, Carrie –…read more →