Since the film isn't due out for another month, and the version we were shown was about 99% complete, I'm limited in what I'm allowed to say about Monsters University. I'll try to keep this reaction short and concise, but to sum it up, Monsters U is a lot of fun and a nice semi-return to form for Pixar.

Coming off of their last two fairly underwhelming outings, Cars 2 and, especially, Brave, I was cautiously optimistic for Monsters U.…

I have never been a big fan of horror movies for many reasons, and The Cabin in the Woods touches upon pretty much each and every one of them. It's actually a pretty incredible feat this film pulls off, simultaneously lampooning the idiocy and inanity of the modern (and even not-so-modern) horror film while providing a fresh, unique twist on the genre that is wildly entertaining and fun to watch. I don't even really know how to classify a film…

Something about political films involving government officials talking to each other in rapid-fire manners always makes the situation at hand feel more complex than it probably is. In a way, maybe that works for the benefit of In The Loop, helping to satirize the ways in which simple statements can be construed and twisted by those in power to aid their own goals and ambitions, and to hell with everyone else.

There's no denying that this film is a biting…

(Hello, Letterboxd. It's been a while, and I have some serious catching up to do, it seems.)

To this point, I have only had the chance to see two of Kurosawa's films, Rashomon and Ran, both of which were great movies in their own rights. It seems so strange to me that it would be so long before I would finally see Seven Samurai, one of Kurosawa's most famous and arguably most influential works (I won't say best because arguments…