Them That Follow (2019) John Yohe August 28, 2019 Movies, Reviews Them That Follow delves into one of America's darker sub-cultures, in this case snake-handling churches in Appalachia.
Destroyer (2018) John Yohe March 19, 2019 Movies, Reviews What Destroyer almost does, but doesn't quite, is use the flashback as a parallel narrative.
Welcome To Me (2015) John Yohe May 22, 2015 Movies, Reviews Welcome to Me to a smart comedy that is also a drama that will take you for ups and downs, just like, and along with, Alice.
4.0 Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) John Yohe May 17, 2015 Movies, Reviews And if that sounds weird, weirdness abounds in Fury Road, to an almost visually unsettling degree.
5.0 Ex Machina (2015) John Yohe May 15, 2015 Movies, Reviews Ex Machina is a smart—super smart—science fiction film written by Alex Garland, which should be argument enough for seeing the movie.
4.0 While We’re Young (2015) John Yohe May 2, 2015 Movies, Reviews If the movie stayed in that debate about art and how different generations of creatives think about it, While We’re Young might be great.
4.0 Maps to the Stars (2014) John Yohe March 7, 2015 Movies, Reviews Maps to the Stars is Cronenberg’s fuck you to Hollywood, there’s no doubt.
3.0 Whiplash (2014) John Yohe March 1, 2015 Movies, Reviews I would feel a lot better about these scenes if Whiplash, and Chazelle, were subverting that myth.
2.0 The Homesman (2014) John Yohe December 23, 2014 Movies, Reviews The Homesman is a very difficult film to watch, on many levels.
2.0 The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 (an alternate view) John Yohe November 29, 2014 Movies, Reviews But I got bored. Then I got angry at Mockingjay.
5.0 CitizenFour (2014) John Yohe November 11, 2014 Movies, Reviews CitizenFour is actually the third movie in a trilogy of documentaries by director Laura Poitras about America post 9/11.
5.0 Jodorowsky’s Dune (2013) John Yohe November 1, 2014 Movies, Reviews What makes the documentary fascinating is that Jodorowsky’s version of Dune might have been even more ridiculous than Lynch’s.
5.0 The Book of Life (2014) John Yohe October 30, 2014 Movies, Reviews Anything with Guillermo del Toro’s name attached to it is going to be a visual feast, with a little darkness thrown in, and that’s what animated “children’s” movie The Book of Life is all about.
