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10 cloverfield lane

This was kind of a sequel to Cloverfield, but not really. It did have some clever marketing, though. The beginning of the movie was pretty engrossing, but once you definitively find out what’s going on, the intensity dropped off a bit. And for that, I’m taking away a half point …

black mass

This was a pretty good mobster movie, but by no means a classic. It told the story of James “Whitey” Bulger, an Irish mobster in Boston. But I guess that’s probably redundant to say–where else would story about the Irish Mob take place? Definitely worth a watch if you enjoy …

the witch

This is a movie…about a witch. More specifically, the movie, which takes place in Colonial America, is about a family who thinks a witch lives in the woods near their farm. Spoiler alert: they were right. Despite only clocking in around 90 minutes, the movie was a little slow at …

straight outta compton

I was neither in the mood to watch this movie Friday night nor did I want to see it in the first place, but I took one for the team and was pleasantly surprised. The movie was about the rise and fall of N.W.A, the controversial rap group from Compton. …