Review: Triple 9
You know how sometimes you really want some ice cream, but you don’t want to go nuts on the sugar so you have a glass of milk instead? It’s like…
For Your Commiseration: An Antidote to #OscarsSoWhite
"Let us be clear. The Academy has a diversity problem. The film industry has a diversity crisis." In the run-up to the whitewashed 2016 Oscars, Jaymes Durante writes about the…
Review: Brooklyn
Brooklyn, about voyages across physical seas and oceans of sentiment, is so refreshingly amorous to the eye and the heart that I could easily consider it radical. Jaymes Durante reviews.
Review: Deadpool
Deadpool is a fun movie, and the majority of fans will be pleased with how he’s been adapted to the big screen. I do think that the your reaction to…
Review: The Revenant
It’s a relentless, exhausting story of revenge and survival, elevated beyond mere tropes by the expert cinematography and editing of Emmanuel Lubezki and Stephen Mirrione (both of whom worked on…
A Cat Named Yoda, Dark Side Flows, and Whether First Order Warriors Listen to My Chemical Romance: The Force Awakens Pelican Roundtable
Following the midnight screening of The Force Awakens on Thursday, Pelican approached a group of moderate to Sebulba shirt-wearing Star Wars fans to participate in a roundtable discussion on their…
Jar Jar Abrahams Delivers: 25 Thoughts about The Force Awakens
Hey look the Stormtroopers learned to aim, maybe it’s because their new helmets have eye holes in the right place Jakku may be even more of a shithole than Tatooine…
Review: Carol
Director: Todd Haynes Starring: Cate Blanchett, Rooney Mara Watching Carol is like falling in love. An intoxicating, all-consuming, forbidden love that smells of cigarette smoke and lingering perfume. This adaptation…
People, Places, Things
Director: James C. Strouse Starring: Jemaine Clement, Regina Hall, Jessica Williams People, Places, Things is a new “New Yorky” film from New York, I Love You director James C Strouse.…
Dope
Director: Rick Famuyiwa Starring: Shameik Moore, Tony Revolori, Kiersey Clemons, Zoë Kravitz and A$AP Rocky Dope, one of the breakout hits of this year’s Sundance is (to go for the…