Laggies Review

by Jared Chinigo If you come to “Laggies” expecting nothing more than a lighthearted romantic comedy, you’ll leave the theater perfectly satisfied. However, it feels like the film is trying to be much more, and—in this respect—it fails. The story follows Megan (Keira Knightley), a 28-year-old woman who’s been living Read more…

Believe Me Review

By: Anthony Zangrillo On September 26th, the film Believe Me will be released theaters and video on demand. I had the pleasure of seeing it during a press screening of the film along with the cast and director. The film tells us about a college senior named Sam (Alex Russell of Read more…

MPPodcast 1: New York Comic Con

Hey, we’ve been talking about it for some time, but we finally recorded it; the first Motion Picture Club Podcast! Listen as Kevin, Anthony, Carl, and Michael talk about their experiences at NYCC 14, expectations for Tomorrowland, the new Dare Devil series, and what they are looking forward to in Read more…

John Wick Review

By Lena Parodi “It’s not what you did, son. It’s who you did it to.” Young Iosef Tarasov (Alfie Allen), the only son of the New York’s Russian crime boss Viggo Tarasov (Michael Nyqvist), starts what ends up being a slew of terrible life choices when he decides to steal a Read more…

The Blue Room Review

By Anthony Zangrillo In a world of dramatized French eroticism, actor/director Mathieu Amalric (“The Diving Bell and The Butterfly”), explores the limits of human nature in his latest film, “The Blue Room.” Adapted from Georges Simenon’s novel of the same name, the film struggles to maintain a clear and compelling Read more…

Days and Nights Review

By Anthony Zangrillo The power to ingrain delusion, unpredictability and self-destruction, into not only the atmosphere of a film but in the personality of its characters should only be attempted by a few and is quite a bold move for writer and new director Christian Camargo with his debut film, Read more…

’71 Review

  by Carl Cottingham Brutal. Relentless. Chaotic. These three words can be applied to any conflict but, for the sake of this review, it will be applied to the North Ireland Troubles. Nationalism and religion collided to form a bloody conflict in the streets of Belfast and beyond for decades, with Read more…