The Reluctant Fundamentalist
Both 42 and The Reluctant Fundamentalist deal with issues of individual and systemic racial injustice—but come to very different conclusions.
Jackson Cuidon|April 19, 2013
PompeiiWe should maybe try giving Paul W. S. Anderson a little bit of credit.
Jackson Cuidon|February 24, 2014
Guardians of the GalaxyPull out the troll dolls and the black lights: we're going to space.
Jackson Cuidon|August 01, 2014
MortdecaiA low-effort movie that’s too bad to get riled up about.
Jackson Cuidon|January 27, 2015
HomeYou'd be best off rewatching 'Lilo & Stitch.'
Jackson Cuidon|March 27, 2015
42Both 42 and The Reluctant Fundamentalist deal with issues of individual and systemic racial injustice - and come to very different conclusions.
Jackson Cuidon|April 19, 2013
The Kings of SummerSnyder's Superman reboot is visually stunning and well-acted, but lacks the humanity of The Kings of Summer, a little coming-of-age movie with a big heart.
Jackson Cuidon|June 14, 2013
TurboWhat if your purported underdog is never anything but, well, an overdog?
Jackson Cuidon|July 18, 2013
Don JonIn which porn addiction functions as just a case study for a much bigger question.
Jackson Cuidon|September 27, 2013
Cinema's Nostalgia-FestWhy 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles' didn't have to be a terrible movie (though it was).
Jackson Cuidon|August 19, 2014
The End of the TourIn the David Foster Wallace biopic, the author's own words are the best part.
Jackson Cuidon|July 29, 2015
The Grand Budapest HotelWes Anderson's latest is a feat of filmmaking, a formally-interesting movie that's also deeply meaningful.
Jackson Cuidon|March 08, 2014
Self/lessNone of the good parts of a sci-fi meet none of the good parts of an action movie.
Jackson Cuidon|July 17, 2015
Why We Need Breaking Bad Watching Walt's slow slide off the moral cliff might just inoculate us against what TV usually teaches.
Jackson Cuidon|July 02, 2013
RoboCopWhen your film crumbles after just being grazed by critical thinking, then you’ve got a problem.
Jackson Cuidon|February 13, 2014
SnowpiercerIs it dystopian? Is it apocalyptic? Either way, 'Snowpiercer' is dazzlingly imaginative and unconventional.
Jackson Cuidon|July 01, 2014
Left BehindNot a "Christian movie." Not even close.
Jackson Cuidon|October 02, 2014
The Fifth EstateThe movie about Wikileaks is a mess, and a giant missed opportunity.
Jackson Cuidon|October 18, 2013
