Expectation, Forgiveness, and Rebirth in Born on the Fourth of July
It probably is no surprise that we are choosing to discuss Oliver Stone’s 1989 master work Born on the Fourth of July...
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The Search For Significance Inside of The Social Network
Expectations were sky high when it was announced that a movie would be made about Mark Zuckerberg and the drama behind ...
Hypocrisy Exists Within Your Minority Report
There have been plenty of think-pieces written on the 2002 soon-to-be-classic Minority Report, directed by Steven Spiel...
Show Them That You Care: The Insider
What makes a person disrupt their own comfort What compels a person to advocate for someone else What forces us to do t...
The Meaningless Athleticism of 1917
The war film is about as old a genre as cinema is an art form It was a subject where there was always plentyof re...
A Summation of Balance: The Report
The call of duty can only be heard by the most remarkable of individuals Many claim to have heard it’s wail, but few ...
The Irishman
“They don’t make ‘em like they used to, but dammit we’re gonna try!” seems to have been on the mind on most fi...
That Hagen Girl
Note: Although this film is 72 years old, I am not going to assume that everyone reading this has seen the film For tha...
The Loyal Legacy of Bond: Skyfall
The list of films that have been screened at the White House and by extension Camp David is staggering It is effectivel...
Who is Responsible for Joker
Action and reaction make for great storytelling When the audience can trace the reason somebody does something followed...