REVIEW: The Martian

Photo: Twentieth Century Fox

Photo: Twentieth Century Fox

Chris Luckett

One is an incident; two is a coincidence; three is a pattern.

In the fall of 2013, the sci-fi masterpiece Gravity took the world by storm. In late 2014, the spectacular Interstellar did the same. Now here we are, in the first week of October 2015, and sure enough, here comes The Martian. And lo and behold, it’s absolutely brilliant.

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REVIEW: Pixels

Photo: Columbia Pictures

Photo: Columbia Pictures

Chris Luckett 

I’m of the belief that there’s usually only one great horror story at the movies each year. With how amazing It Follows was, I assumed that was going to be it for impressively haunting scares in 2015; that movie has nothing on the terrifying transformation of Pixels from a breathtaking, award-winning short film just five years ago to this loud monstrosity starring Kevin James as the American president, Peter Dinklage in a mullet, and Adam Sandler doing stupid Adam Sandler things. Continue reading