This is a very tricky film. I personally loved it because everything involving Jason Schwartzman is automatically brilliant in my books, and it seems almost a yearly ritual for him to star in one of these mumblecore indie comedies as a meandering intellectual intent on finding the meaning of life, as long as, you know,…
Natural Born Killers (1994)
I was opposed to seeing this film for the longest time. As an enormous Quentin Tarantino fan, I have been reluctant to watch this film, because the idea that someone would take a script that the young, idealistic genius wrote and completely mangled it beyond recognition was a travesty, and Tarantino himself certainly agreed, because…
In the Mood for Love (2000)
It was about two years ago when my perception of cinema was completely changed, when I saw a film that broke the boundaries of what a film could make one feel. The film was Chungking Express, a bizarre and brilliant masterpiece of cinema. The mind behind that film was Wong Kar-Wai, a filmmaker who has…
Unfriended (2014)
Horror films are the only genre of cinema where there is a huge gap in regards to originality. Many horror films stick to the same cliched conventional tropes, while others are entirely original and unique and revolutionary. Unfriended definitely belongs in the realm of the latter, and is one of the most impressive horror films…
The Great Beauty (2013)
What can I say about this behemoth of a film? Finding words for something like The Great Beauty is an extraordinarily difficult task. I could list an entire dictionary of terms to explain what I felt about The Great Beauty – complex, hilarious, meaningful, brilliant, twisted. It is a film unlike any you will ever…
Inside Out (2015)
There is no doubt that animated films are some of the most brilliant and innovative pieces of filmmaking around. At the forefront of that is obviously Disney, who have ruled the animated world for nearly 100 years – can you honestly believe that Mickey Mouse has almost been around for an entire century? However, in…
The Hunger Games – Mockingjay: Part 2 (2015)
It is very daunting for me to actually criticize this film. The Hunger Games franchise has such a rabid fanbase, that praise it beyond belief. That isn’t without reason – the Hunger Games are a unique and very interesting story, and the films stick to the tone of the books perfectly. The only problem is…
The Final Girls (2015)
Its becoming a bit of a trend for me to only review horror comedy films lately, but can you blame me? I think there is no better way of showing a director’s skill than through having him or her be able to balance the two most contradictory genres in film history. It is odd to…
Looking for Richard (1996)
I’d like to ask you all a question – what does William Shakespeare mean to you? Do you think he is simply an ancient goon of a writer whose work is overblown, boring and difficult? Or are you like me, where you think Shakespeare is possibly the greatest writer of all time? That isn’t to…
88th Academy Award Predictions
So its November, which means it is time for my very first Academy Award predictions. I know that many people think that film awards are not a true reflection of excellence in the film industry, but that very negative view distracts from the fact that we all know that film awards don’t always show the…
The Postmodern Pelican 