Tag: 2016
You Didn’t Understand Batman v Superman
This is a review of Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice Ultimate Edition At its core, Batman v Superman is a film about men who are haunted. Haunted by their pasts and their inability to change or atone…
Read More »Captain Fantastic: The Kids are Alright
Captain Fantastic follows Ben Cash (Viggo Mortensen), a far left survivalist who lives half off the grid, half off with his six children in the woods of Washington state. Ben raises and feeds his kids himself, educating them…
Read More »The Best Performances of 2016
The Oscars are approaching and in the spirit of awards season, below are CinemaBabel’s picks for the best performances of the year. Best Actor Ryan Gosling (La La Land) 2. Denzel Washington (Fences) 3. Viggo Mortensen (Captain Fantastic)…
Read More »The Best Films of 2016
Each year, I try to watch, at minimum 40 films, during the calendar year and rank them in the order from best to worst based on my opinion. I do this because: I love film So that readers…
Read More »Hacksaw Ridge’s Accurate Portrayal of the Battlefield Cannot Overcome Its Plainness
Hacksaw Ridge is a film based on the true story of Desmond T. Doss, a Christian army medic during WWII who, despite refusing to even touch weapons, saved 75 men during the Battle of Okinawa without firing a…
Read More »Rogue One Catapults into Star Wars Lore
Following the announcement of Disney’s acquisition of Lucasfilm and the Star Wars franchise and subsequent announcement of Star Wars anthology films to accompany sequels to the main saga, there was much speculation over whether there existed an audience…
Read More »Fences: A Glance Toward the Past
For me, Fences is an interesting delve into how the Greatest Generation raised their children and families, particularly black families. Fences follows Troy Maxson (Denzel Washington) a sanitation worker in 1950s Pittsburgh. Troy is a former star baseball…
Read More »Natalie Portman Shines in Jackie
Jackie is a peek through the looking glass of a woman struggling to juggle keeping her composure through the sudden and tragic death of her husband for the sake those around her and dealing with her own grief…
Read More »The Dreamers in La La Land
“Here’s to the ones who dream Foolish as they may seem” – Emma Stone La La Land entered its opening weekend to much hype and expectations. The film seems headed to a showdown with the equally hyped Moonlight…
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Both Thrilling and Funny, Ready or Not Cleverly Uses Satire to Examine the State of the World
When you turn on the TV these days, it feels as if the western world is caught in a giant game of tug of war. Millions of people seem poised and fired up to fundamentally change societies in…
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