âIn 1971, the world was changing…but here at home, time stood still.â These are the words that open âThe Divine Order,â hinting at the world the viewer is stepping into; a world still full of sexism and inequality. Despite the filmâs familiar story arc, it is complemented by a dynamic cast, a brisk pace, and impeccable comedic timing that make it one of a kind.
After the introduction, which was laced with footage from â60s and â70s social movements, the viewer is brought ...
From Nightcrawler director Dan Gilroy comes âRoman J. Israel, Esq.â Denzel Washington stars as a former civil rights lawyer who is in a state of personal crisis. He slowly realizes that the world is not the same as it was when he was young, and that the legal system still does not favor or always help the less fortunate. These brewing thoughts paired with his internal struggle makes the film an effective and enjoyable critique against modern legal institutions, but people may be turned off ...
There are three key elements that come to mind when I think of
Pixar movies: creativity, adventure and emotion.
Despite minor setbacks, the latest Pixar movie, â
Cocoâ manages to tackle each element brilliantly, making it a film the whole family can enjoy.
The animated film follows the story of Miguel Rivera (
Anthony Gonzalez), a young Mexican boy with dreams of becoming a musician amidst his music-loathing family. Their hatred of music began generations earlier when Miguelâs ...
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Last updated: 11/21/17 4:40pm
Back in 2011, after the âToy Story 3â craze had finally started to settle, Pixar Story Supervisor Jason Katz teamed up with Director Lee Unkrich to brainstorm story ideas for a new world audiences everywhere could enjoy.Both men found themselves fascinated by Mexican culture. Katz in particular had an affinity for Mexican folk art, collecting alebrijes and books on the subject. At last the two came up with the story of a young boy who travels to the âLand of the Dead,â where he learns about ...
120 Battement Par Minute (Beats Per Minute) is director Robin Campilloâs second major film. The two and a half hour movie discusses many aspects of the French AIDS epidemic in the 1990s through a mostly historical fiction lens with some real documentary found footage. Campillo seems to define the afflicted gay community through an on-screen combination of sex, death, dancing and group solidarity. Even if there is disagreement among the more extreme members of ACT UP, the AIDS awareness group ...
Based on the New York Times bestseller, âWonderâ tells the beautiful story of August âAuggieâ Pullman, a 10-year-old boy with an extremely rare facial deformity, attending school for the first time after being homeschooled by his mother all of his life. The film is heart-warming and inspiring -- especially school-aged students. âWonderâ has the capability to really spark change amongst families with children living with facial deformities. Its emotional and honest depictions of love, ...
In his 2008 cult hit âIn Bruges,â writer and director Martin McDonagh depicts two hitmen out on a contract in Bruges, Belgium. While the film never strays far from the macabre inevitability that someone is going to be murdered, the relationship between the two hitmen is akin to that of an old married couple trying to salvage their marriage by taking a vacation.
McDonagh takes this formula, combining morbidness and hilarity, and expands on it in âThree Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri,â ...
âJustice Leagueâ opens with a smartphone video recording Superman. Children behind the camera hastily ask him questions about his sigil and stumble into their ending question, âWhatâs your favorite part of planet Earth?â Henry Cavill freezes and ponders his newly adopted homeland, he looks down and smiles -- before he can give us an answer the screen cuts to black.His answer is more than likely something about hope or human resilience, maybe his answer is nothing, because Clark Kentâs ...
When Quentin Tarantinoâs â
The Hateful Eightâ came out in 2015, it was lauded as a grand success. Tarantino was able to craft a unique murder mystery spanning 167 minutes with only one major set piece. For all intents and purposes, it was a cinematic triumph. While âMurder on the Orient Expressâ seems to take note of Tarantinoâs success, it fails to even come close.
A remake of the 1974 film of the same name, âMurder on the Orient Expressâ follows detective Hercule Poirot (Kenneth ...
âGodâs Own Countryâ has been compared quite a lot to
âBrokeback Mountain,â as theyâre both meandering tales about finding forbidden love in the countryside. They both cross the entire spectrum of emotion from sweet to tragic and back again, but âGodâs Own Countryâ deviates from the picturesque mountains of Wyoming, instead taking place in the gray, cloudy British countryside.
Itâs a strong debut for director Francis Lee, who drew partially from his own life as a young man ...
