Month: March 2018
Ready Player One Impresses with Computerized Visual Effects While Cautioning Against Technological Dependence
************************This review contains spoilers**************************** Legendary director Steven Spielberg’s latest film Ready Player One transports us to Columbus, Ohio in the year 2045 where reality has turned dystopian and bleak, while a virtual reality world called OASIS, part video…
Read More »Becks Touchingly Delves into the Complicated Side of Love
************************This review contains spoilers**************************** Becks follows a young woman of the same name (Lena Hall) forced to move back to St. Louis with her staunchly Catholic mother Ann (Christine Lahti) after driving from New York to L.A. to…
Read More »In Examining the Struggle of Self-Discovery, Love, Simon Offers a Ray of Hope for Young Viewers
Based on the novel for young adults Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli, Love, Simon follows Creekwood High School senior Simon Spier, a young teen with an idyllic life both at home with his mother…
Read More »Metropolis: A Masterpiece Ahead of Its Time
“Head and hands require a mediator. The mediator between the head and hands must be the heart.” Metropolis is a futuristic city, ruled by its wealthy creater Joh Fredersen (Alfred Abel). His son Freder (Gustav Fröhlich) discovers the…
Read More »Quinn Shephard Boldly Bursts onto the Scene with a Dazzling Debut in Blame
**********************This review contains spoilers************************* “You just think that you matter, you know? For the first time you think, that even if it makes you sick, that at least you mattered to somebody.” Blame is a film that encompasses…
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