Relationships with Computers, Oppressors, Places and Ideas
It all comes down to relationships. So much of what compels us toward any given story are the fundam...
It Was The Best Of Times, It Was The Worst Of Times.
In a year where Hollywood ruined the term “star-studded” with polished turds like After Earth and unpolish...
Stiller Waters Fail to Run Deep
DIRECTED BY BEN STILLER/2013
Imagine a would-be studio blockbuster that sets out to be all things to all audiences, a soarin...
A Look at the Coen Brother's Latest Masterpiece
Director: JOEL COEN, ETHAN COEN/2013
“Someone wants to see you”. With these ominous words ringing in his ea...
Another Year of Film Awards with a ZekeFilm Connection
As a member of the St. Louis Film Critics Association (SLFC) , I’m expected to see as many movies as pos...
Does This Movie Do Justice to the Greatest Injustice in American History?
DIRECTED BY STEVE MCQUEEN/2013
Slavery was bad.
No, seriously. Slavery was very...
A Prisoner of its Own Ambition Leaves the Audience Feeling Like They Are the Ones Who Are Trapped
Director: DENIS VILLENEUVE/2013
Prisoners is a film that o...
Mass Murderers and Their Hollywood Dreams
DIRECTED BY JOSHUA OPPENHEIMER/2013 (U.S. Theatrical Release)
Joshua Oppenheimer doesn’t mislead in the ope...
A Modern Classic and Installment of the Trilogy that Defines Love for a Generation
DIRECTED BY RICHARD LINKLATER/2013
There’s a scene in Before Midni...
Calling An Audible In The Third Act
DIRECTED BY DAVID O. RUSSELL/2012
Full disclosure: I did not see the entirety of Silver Linings Playbook; two minutes ha...
