The Witch movie review

dir. by Robert Eggers

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It's rare that an independent film receives a wide release, and almost unheard of that an indie horror flick will be sent to multiplexes across the continent. And yet, The Witch, one of the biggest festival darlings of 2015, has been presented to mainstream audiences, courtesy of independent house A24 in their first wide release to date. Films like this have historically not gone over well with mainstream moviegoers, and The Witch has been no exception, notoriously becoming subject to ridicule from disrespectful audiences. In spite of this, it's been a critical darling, again igniting the fire between film critics and your average joe.

So of course it's absolutely phenomenal. 

Deadpool movie review

dir. by Tim Miller
In 2009, the enduringly popular Marvel anti-hero Deadpool, real name Wade Wilson, made his first appearance on the big screen in the critically lambasted X-Men Origins: Wolverine. This appearance, which largely ignored his defining characteristics in the comics, proved wildly unpopular, and fans have been clamouring for a better representation of the character ever since. Now, in 2015, we have Deadpool, which isn't quite the movie this character deserves, but should please fans enough until that movie does come.

Hail, Caesar! movie review

dir. by Joel & Ethan Coen
Fresh off of writing Spielberg's award-nominated Bridge of Spies, the Coen Brothers return with an ode to a long-past age of Hollywood that, while wildly entertaining, fails to build into a cohesive whole, and feels both narratively and thematically scattershot as a result.