The entire Earth used to be an ocean a long time ago. Land gradually started to form and grow apart. Life started to take shape from within the waters but couldn’t go on land just […]
Author: Mike Apps
The Insider Review: The Most Important Drama of 1999
Man, 1999! If the 70s was the best decade for film, the 80s had the best aesthetics and synths, 1999 was and remains the best year for cinema! You had The Matrix….Eyes Wide Shut…The Iron Giant…Fight […]
The Lunchbox Review: Ritesh Batra’s “In the Mood For Love”
If you live in a bustling city, you understand what it feels like to escape the banality of the clamor. In all the commotion, you are constantly surrounded by strangers, yet you must keep your […]
Michael Clayton Review: A True Blue Masterpiece That Doesn’t Break New Ground
Lauren Wilford recently coined an interesting phrase: “the mid masterpiece” (or Misterpiece or Midsterpiece, for short). This involves movies that are not very ambitious in their scope, maybe formulaic even. These flicks are not really […]
Blue Velvet Review: The Peak Noir that deconstructs the Genre Completely
“Keep your ear to the ground.” Blue Velvet is the noir-ification of The Wizard of Oz. I say this not just coz there’s literally a key character named Dorothy in both films, but purely for […]
The Killer Review: Michael Fassbender at his Most Charismatic!
“Fincher has that Kubrick thing where he can’t unsee what he sees……. I think for people like that, it’s almost like a gift and curse, because they can’t unsee what they see. And that’s the […]
Zodiac Review: Fincher’s Best Since Se7en
Circumstantial evidence: the movie! I vowed not to revisit this film anytime soon. It all started with that damn Hurdy Gurdy Song shuffled on my playlist. And then I did some reflection, realizing that I […]
Oppenheimer Review: Nolan’s Best Directed Film Yet
Memento: Time as Memory Insomnia: Time as Perpetual Daylight Batman Begins: Time as Fear The Prestige: Time as Deception The Dark Knight: Time as Chaos Inception: Time as Dreams The Dark Knight Rises: Time as […]