Blake Howard 5/15/16 Blake Howard 5/15/16

Bad Neighbours 2 (Nicholas Stoller - 2016) Movie Review

Bad Neighbours 2 hits like a sledge hammer when it hits, but the contending priorities often leave it licking you like a warm breeze.

Blake Howard 5/15/16 Blake Howard 5/15/16

The Lobster (Yorgos Lanthimos - 2015) Movie Review

Welcome to The Lobster, a divinely weird satire of romantic conformity from Greek filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos. It's a recipe that's as weird as it is tragic, as philosophically sabre sharp as it is hilarious; this is a film that deserves your time.

Blake Howard 5/11/16 Blake Howard 5/11/16

BASTILLE DAY (James Watkins - 2016) Movie Review

Bastille Day reaches for the top of Nakatomi Plaza and takes a running swan dive out a window into the carpark.

Blake Howard 4/29/16 Blake Howard 4/29/16

CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR (2016) MOVIE REVIEW

Captain America: Civil War is very good, but the connective tissue between the powerful scenes, felt like chewy gristle in a great cut of steak.

Blake Howard 4/29/16 Blake Howard 4/29/16

The Invitation (Karyn Kusama - 2016) Movie Review

Karyn Kusama's The Invitation is a disturbing psychological thriller that will whip you into a state of paranoia with calculating manipulation of perspective.

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

Knight of Cups (Terrence Malick - 2016) Movie Review

Finding the profound meaning in L.A's dream highway or Malick's Californication? Here I wrestle with Knight of Cups.

Blake Howard 4/13/16 Blake Howard 4/13/16

Broke (Heath Davis - 2016) Movie Review

Broke shows that writer/director Heath Davis left nothing on the field with this ambitious debut.

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

The Boss (Ben Falcone - 2016) Movie Review

The Boss is at its best when McCarthy's Darnell is being inappropriate around children.

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

Zootopia (2016) Movie Review

Zootopia remembers the power of George Orwell's Animal Farm and gives it a Disney digital system upgrade and brings it to the 21st Century.

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.