Category: Movie Nutshells

Interstellar is not Christopher Nolan’s best film. I still believe that honor belongs to the Prestige. It is a great film in its own right though. Matthew McConaughey continues his sudden rise from...

Released: Jan 17 2014 Directed by: Lenny Abrahamson Michael Fassbender delivers a magnetizing performance in Frank. The story irresistibly drew me in with its comic awkwardness as Jon (Domhanall Gleeson) joins a very...

Baymax! The affable robot featured in trailers and promotional work really works in the movies favor. I never thought Disney would be able to draw me in emotionally to a marshmallow robot, but...

John Wick is an unapologetic action movie that doesn’t let up or try to obtain a deeper meaning. At it’s most basic core, it’s just a simple revenge movie. However, at the mercy of...

Maybe I misunderstood what they were trying to do with Nightcrawler, but that was a messy film from start to finish. I honestly can’t believe I sat through the two hours of it. After...

Damn. American Sniper was one of the most engrossing war movies I’ve watched in a long while. I also had no clue going in that it was based off the life of renowned sniper Chris...

by J.D. Cook Ghostbusters 2 is like having a second plate of your favorite dinner. Sure it might fill you up a bit too much, but it’s just as good as the first...

by J.D. Cook In honor of the late great Harold Ramis I have decided to do a short Nutshell Review of possibly the greatest film ever made: Ghostbusters. I do not think in...

by: Oliver Layco Lego’s are one of the oldest and longest running toys that are still around. They’ve evolved over the years, so it was only a matter of time before a Lego...

by: Oliver Layco Right from the start American Hustle had a classic 70’s movie feel to it. It started with the Columbia logo coming up, but with an old-fashioned grainy look to it....