Director Jason Reitman and screenwriter Diablo Cody have formed something of a cinematic dream team since their first collaboration on Juno in 2007. The pair have worked together on three other projects since, with Reitman
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Muscle Memory makes one think
The brain has a strong connection to just about every part of the body. There’s even a lot of experts that say the brain works as a muscle. This film shows sometimes the brain does
Continue ReadingBack to the Future (Review)
With its 35th anniversary having come and gone on July 3rd, there is no better time to revisit the bona fide classic that is Robert Zemeckis’ Back to the Future. A staple of ‘80s American
Continue ReadingThe Perils of Pre-Covid Quarantine in ALONE WOLF
I can’t help but imagine how the protagonist of Charles Ehrlinger’s suburban thriller Alone Wolf would have handled the pandemic and social unrest that have so far marked 2020. He’d probably need an underground bunker
Continue Reading2 Below 0 is silliness in the snow
Lately, weather around here has been a mix of hot and cold. But I wouldn’t know too much regarding weather since I barely step outside these days. But with the hot sticky weather approaching, sometimes
Continue ReadingDOXA: Late Documentarian Offered Trial and Tribute in WINTOPIA
“I don’t know how to make this the hopeful film my dad intended it to be.” bemoans Mira Burt-Wintonick as she sifts through 300+ tapes of an unfinished project left behind by her father, the
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