Birdman [xrr rating=1.75/5]Around the turn of the century, three Mexican filmmakers made cinematic waves with three very exciting indie films. Alfonso Cuarón, who directed the tragi-comedy Y Tu Mamá También would go on to direct a Harry Potter picture and two well-regarded sci-fi movies. Guillermo del Toro, who released his masterful Spanish Civil War ghost story, The Devil’s Backbone, hit critical … Read More
Revisit: Primal Fear Beloved Archbishop Rushman (Stanley Anderson) is found brutally murdered in his Chicago apartment, a 19-year-old boy covered in his blood fleeing the scene. By the end of the day, the murder has become a media frenzy, and hot shot defense attorney Martin Vail (Richard Gere) volunteers his services to the suspect, the displaced, soft-spoken Kentucky boy Aaron Stampler (Edward Norton). … Read More
Criminally Overrated: Fight Club When Fight Club came out in 1999, it blew my goddamn mind. I was a freshman psych major, a former karate obsessive and someone who was disenchanted with the idea that capitalist phonies who’d never even read Bukowski were out there making bank while I didn’t even have a car. In other words, I was a stupid kid, and therefore … Read More
