Blue is the Warmest Color (2013)

In 2013 one movie sex scene took the internet by storm. Despite critical acclaim, Blue is the Warmest Color could not seem to shake the accusations of “Male Gaze” and gratuitous sex scenes, people also harping on the directors perceived mistreatment of the stars in his movie. Let’s move past that, and look at one of the most critically lauded and progressively scorned movies of the past year.

April 11th, 2014

3. Sharky's Machine

What do you get when you let loose Burt Reynolds gigantic id on the set of a police procedural...that he also directs...that is based on a book written with him in mind as the main character.........Well, whatever it is, words don't do it justice, but we do our damndest to try and rationalize the irrational melting pot of cop movie tropes that is Sharky's Machine.

April 9th, 2014

2. Air Force One

Do you want to see Harrison Ford as a badass president? Yeah! Do you want to watch him kicking some evil-Russian ass on Air Force One? Yeah! Do you want to want to see how the Vice President and Secretery General deal with a hostage negotiation and the release of a political prisoner from a Russian Jail?!....No?.....Well, too bad. This is Air Force One.

April 2nd, 2014

The Impossible Planet and the Bleeding Mind, or Solaris

At the intersection of sci-fi, drama, and existentialism, we meet Solaris. While relegated to general obscurity, Solaris remains one of the more challenging sci-fi concepts out there. This article seeks out the discrepencies and similarities between one novel and two movies dealing with a virtually identical narrative.

2014-04-02

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