Blake Howard 4/12/16 Blake Howard 4/12/16

Beasts of No Nation (Cary Joji Fukunaga - 2015) Movie Review

Jane Eyre, True Detective and now Beasts of No Nation; Cary Joji Fukunaga is one of the world's most exciting and versatile filmmakers.

Blake Howard 3/22/16 Blake Howard 3/22/16

Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice (Zack Snyder - 2016) Movie Review

The Dark Knight, RETURNS with a BANG, BOOM, POW; Wonder Woman arrives, fashionably late as you'd expect from the world's most iconic and coolest female superhero; but this emerging Superman may have you humming, "will the REAL Man of Steel, please stand-up."

Blake Howard 3/18/16 Blake Howard 3/18/16

Steve Jobs (Danny Boyle - 2015) Movie Review

Thank you Danny Boyle, thank you Aaron Sorkin, thank you linesmen and ball boys; the Ashton Kutcher certified piece of excrement "Jobs" has been successfully eclipsed by this inventive and kinetic glimpse into the life of tech icon Steve Jobs.

Blake Howard 3/18/16 Blake Howard 3/18/16

13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi (Michael Bay - 2016) Movie Review

Now I never thought that the following words would be in a review that I would write; 13 Hours is director Michael Bay's most politically ambivalent yet.

Blake Howard 3/16/16 Blake Howard 3/16/16

The Danish Girl (Tom Hooper - 2015) Movie Review

The Danish Girl underscores that in about 90 years, society collectively remains in a state of arrested development with transgender issues.

Blake Howard 3/16/16 Blake Howard 3/16/16

The Big Short (Adam McKay - 2015) Movie Review

...the very best that a satire can hope to achieve.

Blake Howard 3/16/16 Blake Howard 3/16/16

Joy (David O. Russell - 2015) Movie Review

For the all the uplifting and inspirational moments of Joy's determination portrayed throughout the film, there's an overwhelming sense of emptiness that we've ultimately watched a film advocating the American consumerist dream.

Blake Howard 3/10/16 Blake Howard 3/10/16

Anomalisa (Duke Johnson, Charlie Kaufman - 2015) Movie Review

Anomalisa is an impressive technical feat and another Kaufman film that grows like a virus in your subconscious.

Blake Howard 3/10/16 Blake Howard 3/10/16

Triple 9 (John Hillcoat - 2016) Movie Review

Triple 9 is undercooked.

Blake Howard 3/10/16 Blake Howard 3/10/16

10 Cloverfield Lane (Dan Trachtenberg - 2016) Movie Review

10 Cloverfield Lane is fun vacation into paranoia fallout; now you'll have to see it to find out why.

Blake Howard 3/10/16 Blake Howard 3/10/16

THE WITCH (Robert Eggers - 2016) Movie Review

"I heard a Satanist walking out of the film say, 'this is my Star Wars.'""Really?!""No, of course not."

Blake Howard 3/4/16 Blake Howard 3/4/16

Hail, Caesar! (Ethan Coen & Joel Coen - 2016) Review

Watching Hail, Caesar! as a classic cinephile, you're going to have a whale of a time; if you're not, you'll probably only manage a snicker.

Blake Howard 3/4/16 Blake Howard 3/4/16

The Martian (Ridley Scott - 2015) Movie Review

I like my "alone in space" movies to be far weirder and more cerebral than The Martian. Scott or Damon can stay on Mars; fly me to to Sam Rockwell and the Moon or directly into the Sun with Danny Boyle.