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INGRID GOES WEST: A Great Social Commentary But Only A Good Dark Comedy

Ingrid Goes West is a great commentary on our obsession with social media but while it is a good comedy it fails to be truly remarkable.

Lightningface
LIGHTNINGFACE: The Internet’s Boyfriend Strikes Again

Lightningface is a 20 minute short film starring Oscar Isaac as his life changes drastically after being struck by lightning.

THE LAYOVER: A Comedy With Commitment Issues

The Layover has its moments of humor, but it is bogged down by an unfocused script and overly clichéd characters.

WHAT HAPPENED TO MONDAY: An Uneven Attempt To Fill Orphan Black’s Shoes
WHAT HAPPENED TO MONDAY: An Uneven Attempt To Fill Orphan Black’s Shoes

While full of plot holes and shakes characters, What Happened to Monday is still a weird, yet perfect movie for a night in.

BUSHWICK: Too Bland And Boring To Be The Real Brooklyn
BUSHWICK: Too Bland & Boring To Be The Real Brooklyn

With its timely statement about diversity in America, the bland and boring Bushwick fails to meet expectations.

PERSON TO PERSON: The New York Comedy Revisited
PERSON TO PERSON: The New York Comedy Revisited

Some of the lines in Person to Person may ring with a certain cliched timbre, but perhaps that should only be expected from a film that trades in tired New York stereotypes that are by their very nature familiar and inviting.

SAW: A Twisted Horror Film That Will Knock Your Foot Off
SAW: A Twisted Horror Film That Will Knock Your Foot Off

It’s not one of the horror greats that many people make it out to be, but Saw is crafty and ambitious enough to warrant a horror buff’s time.

DEATH NOTE: Stylish, Gory and Joyously Silly
DEATH NOTE: Stylish, Gory & Joyously Silly

Death Note has plenty of faults, but watched with the brain firmly in the “off” position, it becomes easy to enjoy – especially as it manages to feel more cartoonish than the anime it’s based on.

GOOD TIME: Welcome To The Robert Pattinson Era
GOOD TIME: Welcome To The Robert Pattinson Era

Good Time is a fast-paced, oscillation of raw emotion and manic suspense that plays directly to Pattinson’s continually emerging thespian strengths.

THE GLASS CASTLE: Tidiness Undermines Impact
THE GLASS CASTLE: Tidiness Undermines Impact

Despite a talented cast and crew, The Glass Castle ultimately fails as an adaptation of the famous memoir due to some questionable decisions.

ONCE UPON A TIME IN VENICE: Tonally Contrasted And Tiredly Contrived
ONCE UPON A TIME IN VENICE: Tonally Contrasted & Tiredly Contrived

Once Upon A Time In Venice is clearly a film made by cinephiles, but the scattered subplots and underdeveloped characters combine for an overall misfire.

THE EMOJI MOVIE: Why, Hollywood?
THE EMOJI MOVIE: Why, Hollywood?

Plotless, joyless and cash-grabbing, The Emoji Movie deserves the brunt of our wrath because it showcases everything wrong with Hollywood.

PILGRIMAGE: A Menagerie Of Metaphor
PILGRIMAGE: A Menagerie Of Metaphor

Pilgrimage is rife with metaphors connecting the Dark Ages with contemporary issues, making us wonder if we’ve advanced as much as we think.

Exclusive Clip: A BOY CALLED PO
A BOY CALLED PO: A Personal Film Hidden Behind Overused Tropes

A Boy Called Po lacks a realistic exploration of autism, falling into common tropes surrounding the depiction of autism in Hollywood films.

LIZA, LIZA, SKIES ARE GREY: Inoffensive, Inert, Inconsequential
LIZA, LIZA, SKIES ARE GREY: Inoffensive, Inert, Inconsequential

As a coming-of-age tale, Liza, Liza, Skies Are Grey is inoffensive, as a reminiscence of the Cold War years, it’s inert, as a whole it’s completely inconsequential.