Film Review: <em>Adrift</em>

Well, if I already wasn’t a fan of getting on a boat in the middle of the water, Adrift might have finally put the nail in that coffin. But despite my palpable fear and stress at being stranded at sea, there wasn’t much more that sunk into my bones. Adrift is a well enough movie.

Special 2015 Film Awards

Alright my 2015 year in review is moving slowly to a close, and to start my final 3 posts on the film year, I decided to hand out some special awards. Tomorrow, you’ll get a brief discussion on my top 10 films and Wednesday, you’ll see a potential Oscar ballot if I had a vote.

Film Review: Divergent

By all accounts Divergent should have been a good movie. It has interesting actors, and Oscar winner playing the villain and a decent director. Unfortunately, this movie doesn’t manage to translate its wonderful source material to the screen with any kind of aplomb. Divergent, for folks not in the know, tells the story of the

The Good, The Bad, The Ugly: Indie Spirit Awards Nominations

The Independent Spirit awards unveiled their nominees earlier today and like always they were an interesting bunch. After the usual chatter online, I decided to take another gander at the the noms and come up with some more concrete thoughts. Here’s the good, the bad, and the ugly of the Spirit Awards nominations.