F*** it! We’ll have our own Oscars!

Oscar nominations are in, and we like a lot of what the Academy has chosen to honor. Eight nominations for Arrival?  Love it. Kubo and the Two Strings with a nomination for visual effects? Unprecedented. Fantastic. Finding Dory not given a cursory nomination just because it's Pixar? Great. And then we get to the original screenplay award... The Lobster has...

Rogue One is a less enjoyable experience than eating an above-average burrito

When I went to go see Rogue One: A Star Wars Story last Saturday, I went in full of hope and an empty stomach. My burrito which I got on my lunch break at work and did not have time to unwrap, was left in the back seat of my car for a late night snack. Somewhere...

REVIEW: Star Wars Episode VI: Okay, This One Actually has Some Flaws (AKA Return of the Jedi)

And now, the insane analysis and gushing must come to a halt as I must actually do a reviewer's job and review. Star Wars and Empire are incredible movies. Return of the Jedi is very, very good. I love it. But it isn't perfect. I'm going to lay out some of it's pros and cons...

REVIEW: Star Wars Episode V: The Best One (AKA The Empire Strikes Back)

All right, everybody strap in for the second installment of Star Wars Week here on LAS, building up to the release of Rogue One. This time, it's another rambling essay posing as a review by yours truly. There are spoilers, obviously, so if you don't know who Darth Vader is, stop reading now. Star Wars...

On Adulting. + A New Sister Blog!

What's this? A post that's actually bloggy? Never! Well, sorta. Hey guys, so I was lucky enough to land a job- Barista at a Barnes and Noble in the same complex as my local theatre. A long overdue level in adulting for me, this will be my first real job and I'm excited/terrified. Regimentation is something pretty...

10 Cloverfield Lane Review

(This review is SPOILER-FREE) 10 Cloverfield Lane is the new JJ Abrams produced thriller that's fast becoming a surprise hit. Produced in near total secrecy and advertised in intentionally vague manners, it's a movie that seeks not to answer questions but raise them. And every single question was provoked in just one word: "Cloverfield." It could...

Spotlight (2015) Review

Well, this one's a little late. I'd previously promised I'd do this several months ago, but I decided to hold off on it until we were right around the corner from the Oscars, as it is my pick (out of the nominees) for Best Picture of the year. The greatest trick a movie can pull...

Byzantium- Movie Review

DISCLAIMER: I have a very different opinion on this movie than my fellow Living Author, Philip. Saoirse Ronan has finally made herself known to movie buffs around the country with her Golden Globe nomination for best actress for Brooklyn, with plenty of Oscar buzz building. While I was not too thrilled with the movie, as you...

Brooklyn- Movie Review

I've just got home about five minutes ago from a double feature at the theater. I saw both Brooklyn and Spotlight, two movies getting tons of Oscar buzz, but flying under the radar at the box office. (There was a grand total of 22 people watching each film combined, counting me.) I'm going to do two separate reviews...

Mockingjay Part II is this generation’s Return of the King… except not at all.

It's movie review time at LAS. This time, it's the final installment of the Hunger Games saga that gets put under the spotlight. This review will be done in two parts. First, the spoiler free section, and second, the spoiler one. So if you haven't seen the movie yet, read on until you hit the "READ MORE"...