Hell or High Water Review

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     Yes, yes, I know this movie has been out for like a month, but I don’t have a bunch of movie theater options, folks! Anyways, I finally got to see this film a few days ago, and I’ve been pondering what to write about it since I saw it. It’s been getting rave reviews and has done pretty well financially for being a small film, but is it really up to all the hype? Well, let’s dive on in and find out!

How Horror Got Its Groove Back

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     I don’t think any other film genre has gone through as many changes in such a short period of time as horror. The early 2000s until now have seen it transition from torture porn (Saw) to Japanese remakes (The Ring, The Grudge) to found footage films (Paranormal Activity) and then to really, really cheap filmmaking (everything my dreaded nemesis Jason Blum has ever produced). However, in recent years there seems to have been a shift in horror, as indie films in the genre have been making big waves for being both scary and actually good. 2016 has been another one of those years, with not one or two but four big and highly acclaimed horror films (with at least one more to come). But what has made them so good? Let’s dig in! (Slight spoilers for The Babadook, The Witch, and Lights Out follow below.)

Don't Breathe Review

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     Ah, finally, Oscar season is almost among us folks. Summer breathed its last with Sausage Party, and now it’s time to get into some good fil… Wait, what? Summer isn’t over yet? Jeez guys, can’t you let me have my movies yet? Oh, fine, I saw this little horror movie called Don’t Breathe last night after hearing some pretty good reviews. With me not being a big fan of horror, did it finally bring me around? Let’s find out.

Does Hollywood Ruin Foreign Directors?

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    Unless you’ve been living under a rock, odds are that you know there’s a film out in theaters this weekend called Ben-Hur. This film, a remake of the 1959 epic (widely considered to be one of the greatest films ever made), was produced for $100 million by Paramount Pictures, and only made a whopping $22 million worldwide on its opening weekend. Ouch. For those paying attention, though, you may have noticed a very strange name under the “From director” card: Timur Bekmambetov, the director of Wanted and Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. Lesser known, though, is that he directed the really awesome foreign movies Nightwatch and Daywatch. So, what happened that took him from those cool films to these mediocre ones? Let’s find out.

Movie Review: Sausage Party

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     The creative team of Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg has brought us some interesting projects over the last few years. Whether it’s the post-apocalyptic comedy This is the End, the Michel Gondry superhero film The Green Hornet, or the comic book adaptation Preacher (amongst literally fifteen other things), they always try to do something different. Now, with Sausage Party (which I am definitely late in reviewing), they have made cinematic history by bringing the first rated-R animated film to the screen. With experienced animator Conrad Vernon (who used to work at Dreamworks) and first-time director Greg Tiernan in charge, does this film actually work? Let’s find out.

Let's Talk About No Man's Sky

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     Hello, dear reader, as you can probably tell this week’s installment of The Glovebox is not on a TV show, but another lifelong passion of mine: video games. Because of my schedule I don’t get to play them as much as I want to or play them as soon as they come out, but this past week I was lucky enough to get my hands on the new big release for the PS4, the sci-fi adventure game No Man’s Sky. Now this is not a review, but more like my general impressions of it so far, so let’s dive right in!

Movie Review: Anthropoid

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     Well, folks, it’s about that time at last. The blockbuster season is almost over and my favorite movie season, the best movie season, is about to begin: Oscar season. You know, that time when all the “big” movies come out that are going to be vying for awards attention throughout the remainder of this year? Yeah, I’m excited too, hypothetical reader, so I decided to treat myself to one of the first of these films and saw the World War II-era thriller Anthropoid. Is it going to go for the gold (timely Olympics reference FTW) or is it going to be forgotten? Let’s find out.