‘Purple Hearts’ is a Movie about Love and Fear and It Got Me
Just like the rest of the world, Purple Hearts got me. And these are the moments that especially hit me hard in the heartstrings. A good love story makes us […]
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‘Jennifer’s Body’ is finally getting its respect, 10 years later, in intimate conversation with Megan Fox and Diablo Cody
Any of you remember a little movie called Jennifer’s Body back in 2009, which starred budding hot A-listers Megan Fox and Amanda Seyfried? The movie seemed to be a raunch targeted […]
‘Brittany Runs A Marathon’ Film Review: A millennial’s guide to turning one’s life around
In Brittany Runs A Marathon, we meet 27-year-old Brittany. She’s young, broke, lives in New York with her “social influencer” roommate and feels miserable at her dead-end job. She spends […]
‘Booksmart’ Film Review: A Goddamn Funny and Revolutionary Female-Fronted Comedy from Olivia Wilde
In the world of high school comedies, we’ve seen it all: the athletes and jocks, bad boys, princesses, mean girls, drama kids, detention club-goers and boy meets girl-next-door. But how […]
“Nerve” Review: When a Game of Dare Meets the Online World
Okay. I will prelude this review saying that I did not think much of Nerve going into it. It seemed like just another teenage drama with no big names or well […]
“Lights Out” Review: A Character-Driven Scare that is More On Than Off
If you’re anything like me, horror isn’t your friend. Gory blood scenes, creepy dolls, supernatural premonitions and shameless jump scares. It’s all the same formula but it still gets you. Every single […]
Off Camera with Olivia Wilde
“I’ve always been good at asking advice,” Olivia Wilde tells Sam Jones. “I identify mentors and I’m good at asking them questions.” If you ask anyone working in Hollywood where […]
“American Sniper” Review: Bradley Cooper snipes his best performance yet
Firmly situated behind a rifle with feet planted, eyes peering through a narrow lens and finger carefully placed on a trigger, Navy SEAL Chris Kyle (Bradley Cooper) watches an Iraqi woman […]
“Whiplash” gives real sweat, blood and tears to become one of this year’s best films
There couldn’t be a more fitting name for Whiplash. It haunts your nerves, shakes your bones, and drives you right to your core. The struggle to be the “best of […]
Intrigued by new dark drama “Third Person” Press Conference at TIFF 2013 (Liam Neeson, Olivia Wilde, Mila Kunis)
Over the progression of the year, I’ve found that I have developed an increasing interest in seeing how films/movies/productions are created from their very raw, bare days into final products, […]
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