By Anthony Hernandez La La Land is, without a doubt, one of the most visually stunning, emotionally fulfilling and fully realized cinematic experiences in years. And it’s easily one of best films of the 2016. If the current awards buzz
By Anthony Hernandez Moonlight is a humane, un-exploitative film woven with threads of genuine empathy, filled with real hope and heartbreak, and is – without any doubt – one of the best films of the year. It’s a simple story
By Anthony Hernandez Deepwater Horizon is gripping and surprisingly serious, but we’ve kind of seen it before. Like Backdraft meets The Poseidon Adventure and Titanic, this disaster movie lacks the depth, character development and sweeping scope of much better films. Granted
By Anthony Hernandez Aside from a few typical (though minor) horror-movie plot contrivances, Don’t Breathe is a genre-bending, wholly effective, skin-crawling psychological thriller that doesn’t rely so much on jump scares as it does on slow burning, Hitchcockian style horror. Not
By Anthony Hernandez With a smart script brimming with deeper, more thought-provoking conflicts, and a solid plot bookended by some of the most epic action packed sequences you’ll see all year – Star Trek: Beyond is arguably the best blockbuster to be
By: Anthony Hernandez “No matter how much I tried, I just couldn’t forget you.” Something must be said about Pixar’s uncanny ability to consistently evoke real emotions through their tried-and-true storytelling model. Finding Dory, while not quite as strong as
By Anthony Hernandez Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows has very little going for it, besides the fact that it can be a lot of fun – except when it isn’t. And most of the time, it isn’t.
By Anthony Hernandez The Angry Birds Movie was far funnier than expected – unfortunately, the feather-light plot, confusing messaging, and with much of the humor reliant on rude sight gags that seem to go on endlessly – the film just
By Anthony Hernandez The Captain America series of Marvel’s wave of standalone superhero films is proving to be the most thought provoking and relevant of the bunch. Where the Thor films were fun and beautiful to look at (albeit hollow
By Anthony Hernandez The biggest question on my mind after seeing Allegiant, the third film in the Divergent Series, was: how can they possibly continue after that very anticlimactic climax? The books are a trilogy, and unfortunately – like many
